Pre-release versions of file formats new to Office Products must be blocked.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-17322	DTOO210 - PowerPoint	SV-33449r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
This policy setting controls whether users with the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for PowerPoint 2010 File Formats installed can open Office Open XML files saved with pre-release versions of PowerPoint 2010. PowerPoint Open XML files usually have the following extensions: .pptx, .pptm, .potx, .potm, .ppsx, .ppsm, .ppam, .thmx, .xml.

STIG	Date
Microsoft PowerPoint 2010	2011-09-29

Details

Check Text ( C-33932r1_chk )
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Office 2010 Converters “Block opening of pre-release versions of file formats new to PowerPoint 2010 through the Compatibility Pack for Office 2010 and PowerPoint 2010 Converter” must be set to “Enabled”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\powerpoint\security\fileblock Criteria: If the value PowerPoint12BetaFilesFromConverters is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-33932r1_chk )

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Office 2010 Converters “Block opening of pre-release versions of file formats new to PowerPoint 2010 through the Compatibility Pack for Office 2010 and PowerPoint 2010 Converter” must be set to “Enabled”.

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

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\powerpoint\security\fileblock

Criteria: If the value PowerPoint12BetaFilesFromConverters is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-29621r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Office 2010 Converters “Block opening of pre-release versions of file formats new to PowerPoint 2010 through the Compatibility Pack for Office 2010 and PowerPoint 2010 Converter” to “Enabled”.