Document Information panel Beaconing must show UI.

From Microsoft Office System 2010 STIG

Part of DTOO207 - Document Info Beaconing UI

Associated with: CCI-002460

SV-33458r1_rule Document Information panel Beaconing must show UI.

Vulnerability discussion

For controlling whether users see a security warning when they open custom Document Information Panels that contain a Web beaconing threat. Web beacons can be used to contact an external server when users open forms. Information could be gathered by the form, or information entered by users could be sent to an external server and cause them to be vulnerable to additional attacks.

Check content

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Document Information Panel “Document Information Panel Beaconing UI” must be set to “Enabled (Always show UI)”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\common\documentinformationpanel Criteria: If the value Beaconing is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix text

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Document Information Panel “Document Information Panel Beaconing UI” to “Enabled (Always show UI)”.

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