Inclusion of document properties for PDF and XPS output must be disallowed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-17660	DTOO206	SV-52753r2_rule		Medium

Description
If the Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS Add-in for Microsoft Office Programs is installed, document properties are saved as metadata when users save or publish files using the PDF or XPS commands in Access 2013, Excel 2013, InfoPath 2013, PowerPoint 2013, and Word 2013 using the PDF or XPS or Publish. If this metadata contains sensitive information, saving it with the file could compromise security.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Office System 2013 STIG	2017-06-20

Details

Check Text ( C-47082r3_chk )
Verify the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2013 >> Microsoft Save As PDF and XPS add-ins "Disable inclusion of document properties in PDF and XPS output" is set to "Enabled". 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\fixedformat If the value “DisableFixedFormatDocProperties” is REG_DWORD = 1 for every user profile hive, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-47082r3_chk )

Verify the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2013 >> Microsoft Save As PDF and XPS add-ins "Disable inclusion of document properties in PDF and XPS output" is set to "Enabled".

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\fixedformat

If the value “DisableFixedFormatDocProperties” is REG_DWORD = 1 for every user profile hive, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-45679r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2013 -> Microsoft Save As PDF and XPS add-ins "Disable inclusion of document properties in PDF and XPS output" to "Enabled".