File validation in PowerPoint must be enabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-223382	O365-PT-000006	SV-223382r961092_rule		Medium

Description
This policy setting allows you to turn off the file validation feature. If you enable this policy setting, file validation will be turned off. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, file validation will be turned on. Office Binary Documents (97-2003) are checked to see if they conform against the file format schema before they are opened.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-10

Details

Check Text ( C-25055r442365_chk )
Verify the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 >> PowerPoint Options >> Security "Turn off file validation" is set to "Disabled". Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\PowerPoint\security\filevalidation If the value EnableOnLoad is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-25055r442365_chk )

Verify the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 >> PowerPoint Options >> Security "Turn off file validation" is set to "Disabled".

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

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\PowerPoint\security\filevalidation

If the value EnableOnLoad is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-25043r442366_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 >> PowerPoint Options >> Security "Turn off file validation" to "Disabled".