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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-26708	DTOO323	SV-53256r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
When a separate application is used to launch Publisher 2013 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 2013.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Publisher 2013 STIG	2015-07-24

Details

Check Text ( None )
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Fix Text (F-46185r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Publisher 2013 -> Security "Publisher Automation Security Level" to "Enabled and High (Disabled)" is selected.