A warning before printing that the document contains tracking changes must be provided.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-17813	DTOO303 - Word	SV-33611r1_rule		Medium

Description
Tracked changes or comments embedded within a document may contain sensitive, insulting, or embarrassing information that the document owner forgot, or that a contributor may have placed.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Word 2010 STIG	2018-04-04

Details

Check Text ( C-34077r1_chk )
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Word 2010 -> Word Options -> Security “Warn before printing, saving or sending a file that contains tracked changes or comments” 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\options\vpref Criteria: If the value fWarnRevisions_1125_1 is REG_DWORD = 1 this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-34077r1_chk )

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Word 2010 -> Word Options -> Security “Warn before printing, saving or sending a file that contains tracked changes or comments” 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\options\vpref

Criteria: If the value fWarnRevisions_1125_1 is REG_DWORD = 1 this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-29753r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Word 2010 -> Word Options -> Security “Warn before printing, saving or sending a file that contains tracked changes or comments” to “Enabled”.