DTOO124 - Scripted Window Security must be enforced in PowerPoint.

Information

Malicious websites often try to confuse or trick users into giving a site permission to perform an action allowing the site to take control of the users' computers in some manner. Disabling or not configuring this setting allows unknown websites to:
-Create browser windows appearing to be from the local operating system.
-Draw active windows displaying outside of the viewable areas of the screen capturing keyboard input.
-Overlay parent windows with their own browser windows to hide important system information, choices or prompts.

Solution

Set the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2016 (Machine) -> Security Settings -> IE Security 'Scripted Window Security Restrictions' to 'Enabled' and place a check in the 'powerpnt.exe' check box.

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_Microsoft_PowerPoint_2016_V1R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-18(3), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001695, Rule-ID|SV-86027r1_rule, STIG-ID|DTOO124, Vuln-ID|V-71403

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: a9be99ba910ca468dd1ecd0675183aede15dd6592c8c83434186f7d2ee94d852