The ability to run unsecure Office apps must be disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-40882	DTOO412	SV-53214r1_rule		Medium

Description
Unsecure apps for Office, which are apps that have web page or catalog locations that are not SSL-secured (https://), and/or are not in users' Internet zones may allow data to be transmitted/accessed via clear text to outside sources. By configuring this policy to be disabled, users will be prevented from transmitting/accessing data in a nonsecure manner.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Office System 2013 STIG	2015-06-18

Details

Check Text ( C-47521r1_chk )
Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2013 -> Security Settings -> Trust Center -> Trusted Catalogs "Allow Unsecure Apps and Catalogs" is set to "Disabled". Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\software\policies\Microsoft\office\15.0\wef\trustedcatalogs Criteria: If the value requireserververification is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-47521r1_chk )

Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2013 -> Security Settings -> Trust Center -> Trusted Catalogs "Allow Unsecure Apps and Catalogs" is set to "Disabled".

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

HKCU\software\policies\Microsoft\office\15.0\wef\trustedcatalogs

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

Fix Text (F-46141r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2013 -> Security Settings -> Trust Center -> Trusted Catalogs "Allow Unsecure Apps and Catalogs" to "Disabled".