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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 - Word SV-33450r1_rule ECSC-1 Medium
Description
This policy setting controls whether users with the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word 2010 File Formats installed can open Office Open XML files saved with pre-release versions of Word 2010. Word Open XML files usually have the following extensions: .docx, .docm, .dotx, .dotm, .xml.
STIG Date
Microsoft Word 2010 2014-01-07

Details

Check Text ( C-33933r1_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 Word 2010 through the Compatibility Pack for Office 2010 and Word 2010 Open XML/Word 97-2003 Format 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\word\security\fileblock

Criteria: If the value Word12BetaFilesFromConverters is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.
Fix Text (F-29622r1_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 Word 2010 through the Compatibility Pack for Office 2010 and Word 2010 Open XML/Word 97-2003 Format Converter” to “Enabled”.