Hyperlinks to web templates in File | New and task panes must be disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-26626	DTOO306 - Office System	SV-34082r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
This setting controls whether users can follow hyperlinks to templates on Office.com from within Office 2010 applications.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Office System 2010	2012-06-22

Details

Check Text ( C-34221r1_chk )
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Miscellaneous “Disable hyperlinks to web templates in File \| New and task panes” must be set to “Enabled”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\common\internet Criteria: If the value DisableTemplatesOnTheWeb is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-34221r1_chk )

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Miscellaneous “Disable hyperlinks to web templates in File | New and task panes” must be set to “Enabled”.

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

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

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

Fix Text (F-29912r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Miscellaneous “Disable hyperlinks to web templates in File \| New and task panes” to “Enabled”.