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The opening of pre-release versions of file formats new to Excel 2013 through the Compatibility Pack for Office 2013 and Excel 2013 Converter must be blocked.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-17322 DTOO210 SV-53824r1_rule Medium
Description
By default, users are prompted to update automatic links.
STIG Date
Microsoft Excel 2013 STIG 2018-04-03

Details

Check Text ( C-47889r1_chk )
Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2013 -> Office 2013 Converters -> "Block opening of pre-release versions of file formats new to Excel 2013 through the Compatibility Pack for Office 2013 and Excel 2013 Converter" is set to "Enabled".

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

HKCU\software\policies\Microsoft\office\15.0\excel\security\fileblock

Criteria: If the value excel12betafilesfromconverters is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.
Fix Text (F-46733r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2013 -> Office 2013 Converters -> "Block opening of pre-release versions of file formats new to Excel 2013 through the Compatibility Pack for Office 2013 and Excel 2013 Converter" to "Enabled".