Corrupt workbook options must be disallowed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-26591	DTOO118 - Excel	SV-34625r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
This setting controls whether Excel presents users with a list of data extraction options before beginning an Open and Repair operation when users choose to open a corrupt workbook in repair or extract mode.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Excel 2010	2014-04-03

Details

Check Text ( C-34190r1_chk )
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Excel 2010 -> Data Recovery “Do not show data extraction options when opening corrupt workbooks” must be set to “Enabled". Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\excel\options Criteria: If the value ExtractDataDisableUI is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-34190r1_chk )

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Excel 2010 -> Data Recovery “Do not show data extraction options when opening corrupt workbooks” must be set to “Enabled".

Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key:

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\excel\options

Criteria: If the value ExtractDataDisableUI is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-29883r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Excel 2010 -> Data Recovery “Do not show data extraction options when opening corrupt workbooks” to “Enabled".