Users must be prevented from using or inserting apps that come from the Office Store.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-40883	DTOO413	SV-53215r3_rule		Medium

Description
This policy setting allows users to be prevented from using or inserting apps that come from the Office Store. If this policy setting is enabled, apps from the Office Store are blocked. If this policy setting is disabled or not configured, apps from the Office Store are allowed, unless the "Block Apps for Office" policy setting is enabled.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-47522r3_chk )
Verify the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2013 >> Security Settings >> Trust Center >> Trusted Catalogs "Block the Office Store" 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\wef\trustedcatalogs If the value “disableomexcatalogs” for every user profile hive is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-47522r3_chk )

Verify the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2013 >> Security Settings >> Trust Center >> Trusted Catalogs "Block the Office Store" 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\wef\trustedcatalogs

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

Fix Text (F-46142r2_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2013 >> Security Settings >> Trust Center >> Trusted Catalogs "Block the Office Store" to "Enabled".