The Publisher Automation Security Level must be configured for high security.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-26708	DTOO323 - Publisher	SV-34093r1_rule		Medium

Description
When a separate application is used to launch Publisher 2010 programmatically, any macros can run in the programmatically-opened application without being blocked. Disabling or not configuring this setting could allow a malicious user to use automation to run malicious code in Publisher 2010.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Publisher 2010	2016-10-28

Details

Check Text ( None )
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Fix Text (F-30020r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Publisher 2010 -> Security “Publisher Automation Security Level” to “Enabled and High (Disabled)" is selected.