DTOO323 - The Publisher Automation Security Level must be configured for high security.

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Information

When a separate application is used to launch Publisher 2013 programmatically, any macros can run in the programmatically-opened application without being blocked. Disabling or not configuring this setting could allow a malicious user to use automation to run malicious code in Publisher 2013.

Solution

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Publisher 2013 -> Security 'Publisher Automation Security Level' to 'Enabled and High (Disabled)' is selected.

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/Oct2016/U_MicrosoftPublisher2013_V1R4_STIG.zip