Detections
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1.105 O365-PT-000006

Information

File validation in PowerPoint must be enabled.

GROUP ID: V-223382
RULE ID: SV-223382r961092

This policy setting allows you to turn off the file validation feature. If you enable this policy setting, file validation will be turned off. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, file validation will be turned on. Office Binary Documents (97-2003) are checked to see if they conform against the file format schema before they are opened.

Solution

Set the policy value for

User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 >> PowerPoint Options >> Security 'Turn off file validation'

to 'Disabled'.

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-223382r961092_rule, STIG-ID|O365-PT-000006, Vuln-ID|V-223382

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 6f8b735804e3e270262228ac0458dbd27b010deddcba3f3c19b7873efb5ad7a2