Detections
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1.101 O365-PT-000002

Information

The ability to run programs from PowerPoint must be disabled.

GROUP ID: V-223378
RULE ID: SV-223378r961092

This policy setting controls the prompting and activation behavior for the 'Run Programs' option for action buttons in PowerPoint.

If you enable this policy setting, you can choose from three options to control how the 'Run Programs' option functions:

 - Disable (do not run any programs). If users click an action button with the 'Run Programs' action assigned to it, nothing will happen. This option enforces the default configuration in PowerPoint.

Solution

Set the policy value for

User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 >> PowerPoint Options >> Security >> Run Programs

to 'Enabled' 'Disable (do not run any programs)'.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/26066

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-18(4), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001170, Rule-ID|SV-223378r961092_rule, STIG-ID|O365-PT-000002, Vuln-ID|V-223378

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: ebb09778bf6137720e49efb4ca2757c7dfbc42130b976fea70760b9cf33183de