DTOO336 - Word 6.0 binary documents and templates must be configured for block open/save actions.

Information

This setting specifies whether users can open, view, edit, or save Word files saved in the specified format. Enabling block of the specified format mitigates zero-day security attacks (which are attacks that occur during between the time that a vulnerability becomes publicly known and a software update or service pack is available) by temporarily preventing users from opening specific types of files and to prevent a user from opening files that have been saved in earlier and pre-release (beta) Microsoft Office formats.

Solution

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Word 2013 -> Word Options -> Security -> Trust Center -> File Block Settings 'Word 6.0 binary documents and templates' to 'Enabled: Open/Save blocked, use open policy'.

See Also

https://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_MS_Word_2013_V1R6_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-18(1), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001662, Rule-ID|SV-53593r1_rule, STIG-ID|DTOO336, Vuln-ID|V-26656

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 3c62721b6a44f44586e707b5a4fc6d19c6c809d1aa00def2573b1f5761a5eca3