Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-26630 | DTOO345 - Office System | SV-34086r1_rule | ECSC-1 | Medium |
Description |
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The Office 2010 Help system automatically searches Microsoft Office.com for content when a computer is connected to the Internet. Users can change this default by clearing the Search Microsoft Office.com for Help content when I'm connected to the Internet check box in the Privacy Options section of the Trust Center. If your organization has policies that govern the use of external resources such as Office.com, allowing the Help system to download content might cause users to violate these policies. |
STIG | Date |
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Microsoft Office System 2010 | 2015-06-23 |
Check Text ( C-34226r1_chk ) |
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The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Tools | Options | General | Service Options... -> Online Content “Online content options” must be set to “Enabled: Search only offline content whenever available”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\common\internet Criteria: If the value UseOnlineContent is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding. |
Fix Text (F-29916r1_fix) |
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Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Tools | Options | General | Service Options... -> Online Content “Online content options” to “Enabled: Search only offline content whenever available”. |