Disable the ability to run programs from a PowerPoint presentation.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-17788	DTOO289 - PowerPoint	SV-19007r1_rule		Medium

Description
Action buttons can be used to launch external programs from PowerPoint 2007 presentations. If a malicious person adds an action button to a presentation that launches a dangerous program, it could significantly affect the security of a user's computer and data.

STIG	Date
Microsoft PowerPoint 2007	2016-03-31

Details

Check Text ( C-19042r1_chk )
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 -> PowerPoint Options -> Security “Run Programs” will be set to “Enabled (disable (don't run any programs))”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\PowerPoint\Security Criteria: If the value RunPrograms is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding

Check Text ( C-19042r1_chk )

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 -> PowerPoint Options -> Security “Run Programs” will be set to “Enabled (disable (don't run any programs))”.

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

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\PowerPoint\Security

Criteria: If the value RunPrograms is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding

Fix Text (F-17688r1_fix)
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 -> PowerPoint Options -> Security “Run Programs” will be set to “Enabled (disable (don't run any programs))”.