ActiveX Installs must be configured for proper restriction in PowerPoint Viewer.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-70699	DTOO510	SV-85323r1_rule		Medium

Description
Microsoft ActiveX controls allow unmanaged, unprotected code to run on the user computers. ActiveX controls do not run within a protected container in the browser like the other types of HTML or Microsoft Silverlight-based controls. Disabling or not configuring this setting does not block prompts for ActiveX control installations and these prompts display to users. This could allow malicious code to become active on the user's computer or the network.

Description

Microsoft ActiveX controls allow unmanaged, unprotected code to run on the user computers. ActiveX controls do not run within a protected container in the browser like the other types of HTML or Microsoft Silverlight-based controls. Disabling or not configuring this setting does not block prompts for ActiveX control installations and these prompts display to users. This could allow malicious code to become active on the user's computer or the network.

STIG	Date
Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 STIG	2016-12-08

Details

Check Text ( None )
None

Fix Text (F-47826r2_fix)
Set the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2016 (Machine) -> Security Settings -> IE Security "Restrict ActiveX Install" to "Enabled" and 'pptview.exe' is checked.