Document Information panel Beaconing must show UI.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-17605	DTOO207 - Office System	SV-33458r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
For controlling whether users see a security warning when they open custom Document Information Panels that contain a Web beaconing threat. Web beacons can be used to contact an external server when users open forms. Information could be gathered by the form, or information entered by users could be sent to an external server and cause them to be vulnerable to additional attacks.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Office System 2010	2012-06-22

Details

Check Text ( C-33941r1_chk )
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Document Information Panel “Document Information Panel Beaconing UI” must be set to “Enabled (Always show UI)”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\common\documentinformationpanel Criteria: If the value Beaconing is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-33941r1_chk )

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Document Information Panel “Document Information Panel Beaconing UI” must be set to “Enabled (Always show UI)”.

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

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\common\documentinformationpanel

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

Fix Text (F-29630r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Document Information Panel “Document Information Panel Beaconing UI” to “Enabled (Always show UI)”.