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Changing permissions on rights managed content for users must be enforced.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-17765 DTOO199 - Office System SV-33462r1_rule Medium
Description
This setting controls whether Office 2010 users can change permissions for content that is protected with Information Rights Management (IRM). The Information Rights Management feature of Office 2010 allows individuals and administrators to specify access permissions to Word documents, Excel workbooks, PowerPoint presentations, InfoPath templates and forms, and Outlook e-mail messages. This functionality helps prevent sensitive information from being printed, forwarded, or copied by unauthorized people.
STIG Date
Microsoft Office System 2010 STIG 2018-04-04

Details

Check Text ( C-33945r1_chk )
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Manage Restricted Permissions “Prevent users from changing permissions on rights managed content” must be set to “Disabled”.

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

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

Criteria: If the value DisableCreation is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.
Fix Text (F-29634r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Manage Restricted Permissions “Prevent users from changing permissions on rights managed content” to “Disabled”.