Changing permissions on rights managed content for users must be enforced.

From Microsoft Office System 2013 STIG

Part of DTOO199 - Permissions on managed content

Associated with: CCI-002165

SV-52748r2_rule Changing permissions on rights managed content for users must be enforced.

Vulnerability discussion

This setting controls whether Office 2013 users can change permissions for content that is protected with Information Rights Management (IRM). The Information Rights Management feature of Office 2013 allows individuals and administrators to specify access permissions to Word documents, Excel workbooks, PowerPoint presentations, InfoPath templates and forms, and Outlook email messages. This functionality helps prevent sensitive information from being printed, forwarded, or copied by unauthorized people.

Check content

Verify the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2013 >> Manage Restricted Permissions "Prevent users from changing permissions on rights managed content" is set to "Disabled". Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following hive: HKEY_Users For every users profile hive under HKEY_Users, navigate to the following key: \Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\common\drm Criteria: If the value “DisableCreation” is REG_DWORD = 0 for every users profile hive, this is not a finding.

Fix text

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2013 -> Manage Restricted Permissions "Prevent users from changing permissions on rights managed content" to "Disabled".

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