When using the Office Feedback tool, the ability to include a screenshot must be disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-40880	DTOO410	SV-53212r2_rule		Medium

Description
The "Office Feedback" tool, also called "Send-a-Smile", allows a user to click on an icon and send feedback to Microsoft. The "Office Feedback" Tool must be configured to be disabled. In the event that the Office Feedback Tool has not been configured correctly as disabled, this policy configures whether the uploading of screenshots via the tool is allowed and should also be disabled. Uploading screenshots to a commercial vendor from a DoD computer may unintentionally reveal configuration and/or FOUO content.

Description

The "Office Feedback" tool, also called "Send-a-Smile", allows a user to click on an icon and send feedback to Microsoft. The "Office Feedback" Tool must be configured to be disabled. In the event that the Office Feedback Tool has not been configured correctly as disabled, this policy configures whether the uploading of screenshots via the tool is allowed and should also be disabled. Uploading screenshots to a commercial vendor from a DoD computer may unintentionally reveal configuration and/or FOUO content.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Office System 2013 STIG	2017-01-04

Details

Check Text ( C-47518r5_chk )
Verify the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2013 >> Privacy >> Trust Center >>"Allow including screenshot with Office Feedback" is set to "Disabled". Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following hive: HKEY_Users For every users profile hive under HKEY_Users, navigate to the following key: \software\policies\Microsoft\office\15.0\common\feedback If the value “includescreenshot” is REG_DWORD = 0 for every user profile hive, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-47518r5_chk )

Verify the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2013 >> Privacy >> Trust Center >>"Allow including screenshot with Office Feedback" is set to "Disabled".

Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following hive:
HKEY_Users

For every users profile hive under HKEY_Users, navigate to the following key:
\software\policies\Microsoft\office\15.0\common\feedback

If the value “includescreenshot” is REG_DWORD = 0 for every user profile hive, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-46138r3_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2013 -> Privacy -> Trust Center -> "Allow including screenshot with Office Feedback" to "Disabled".