Document metadata for password protected files must be protected.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-70863	DTOO188	SV-85487r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
When an Office Open XML document is protected with a password and saved, any metadata associated with the document is encrypted along with the rest of the document's contents. If this configuration is changed, potentially sensitive information such as the document author and hyperlink references could be exposed to unauthorized people.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Office System 2016 STIG	2016-12-21

Details

Check Text ( None )
None

Fix Text (F-45650r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2016 -> Security Settings "Protect document metadata for password protected files" to "Enabled".