Connection verification of permissions must be enforced.

From Microsoft Office System 2010 STIG

Part of DTOO201 - Connection permissions verification

Associated with: CCI-002235

SV-33460r1_rule Connection verification of permissions must be enforced.

Vulnerability discussion

Users are not required to connect to the network to verify permissions. If users do not need their licenses confirmed when attempting to open Office documents, they might be able to access documents after their licenses have been revoked. Also, it is not possible to log the usage of files with restricted permissions if users' licenses are not confirmed.

Check content

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Manage Restricted Permissions “Always require users to connect to verify permission” must be set to “Enabled”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\common\drm Criteria: If the value RequireConnection is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix text

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Manage Restricted Permissions “Always require users to connect to verify permission” to “Enabled”.

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