Microsoft Excel 2016 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Overview

VersionDateFinding Count (41)Downloads
22024-02-21CAT I (High): 0CAT II (Medium): 41CAT III (Low): 0
STIG Description
This Security Technical Implementation Guide is published as a tool to improve the security of Department of Defense (DOD) information systems. The requirements are derived from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-53 and related documents. Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via email to the following address: disa.stig_spt@mail.mil.
ClassifiedPublicSensitive
I - Mission Critical ClassifiedI - Mission Critical PublicI - Mission Critical Sensitive
II - Mission Support ClassifiedII - Mission Support PublicII - Mission Support Sensitive
III - Administrative ClassifiedIII - Administrative PublicIII - Administrative Sensitive

Findings - MAC I - Mission Critical Public

Finding IDSeverityTitleDescription
V-238155
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Disabling of user name and password syntax from being used in URLs must be enforced.The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) standard allows user authentication to be included in URL strings in the form http://username:password@example.com....
V-238156
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Open/Save actions for Excel 4 macrosheets and add-in files must be blocked.This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified by the title of this pol...
V-238157
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Open/Save actions for Excel 4 workbooks must be blocked.This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified by the title of this pol...
V-238158
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Open/Save actions for Excel 4 worksheets must be blocked.This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified by the title of this pol...
V-238159
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Actions for Excel 95 workbooks must be configured to edit in Protected View.This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified by the title of this pol...
V-238160
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Actions for Excel 95-97 workbooks and templates must be configured to edit in Protected View.This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified by the title of this pol...
V-238161
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Blocking as default file block opening behavior must be enforced.This policy setting allows you to determine if users can open, view, or edit Excel files. If you enable this policy setting, you can set one of these ...
V-238162
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Enabling IE Bind to Object functionality must be present.Internet Explorer performs a number of safety checks before initializing an ActiveX control. It will not initialize a control if the kill bit for the ...
V-238163
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Open/Save actions for Dif and Sylk files must be blocked.This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified by the title of this pol...
V-238164
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Open/Save actions for Excel 2 macrosheets and add-in files must be blocked.This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified by the title of this pol...
V-238165
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Open/Save actions for Excel 2 worksheets must be blocked.This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified by the title of this pol...
V-238166
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Open/Save actions for Excel 3 macrosheets and add-in files must be blocked.This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified by the title of this pol...
V-238167
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Open/Save actions for Excel 3 worksheets must be blocked.This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified by the title of this pol...
V-238168
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Saved from URL mark to assure Internet zone processing must be enforced.Typically, when Internet Explorer loads a web page from a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) share that contains a Mark of the Web (MOTW) comment, indi...
V-238169
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Configuration for file validation must be enforced.This policy setting allows you to turn off the file validation feature. If you enable this policy setting, file validation will be turned off. If you ...
V-238170
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Open/Save actions for web pages and Excel 2003 XML spreadsheets must be blocked.This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified by the title of this pol...
V-238171
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Files from the Internet zone must be opened in Protected View.This policy setting allows you to determine if files downloaded from the Internet zone open in Protected View. If you enable this policy setting, file...
V-238172
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Open/Save actions for dBase III / IV files must be blocked.This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified by the title of this pol...
V-238173
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Navigation to URLs embedded in Office products must be blocked.To protect users from attacks, Internet Explorer usually does not attempt to load malformed URLs. This functionality can be controlled separately for ...
V-238174
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Scripted Window Security must be enforced.Malicious websites often try to confuse or trick users into giving a site permission to perform an action allowing the site to take control of the use...
V-238175
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Add-on Management functionality must be allowed.Internet Explorer add-ons are pieces of code, run in Internet Explorer, to provide additional functionality. Rogue add-ons may contain viruses or othe...
V-238176
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Add-ins to Office applications must be signed by a Trusted Publisher.This policy setting controls whether add-ins for the specified Office 2016 applications must be digitally signed by a trusted publisher. If you enable...
V-238177
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Links that invoke instances of Internet Explorer from within an Office product must be blocked.The Pop-up Blocker feature in Internet Explorer can be used to block most unwanted pop-up and pop-under windows from appearing. This functionality can...
V-238178
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Trust Bar Notifications for unsigned application add-ins must be blocked.This policy setting controls whether the specified Office 2016 applications notify users when unsigned application add-ins are loaded or silently disa...
V-238179
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
File Downloads must be configured for proper restrictions.Disabling this setting allows websites to present file download prompts via code without the user specifically initiating the download. User preferenc...
V-238180
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
All automatic loading from trusted locations must be disabled.This policy setting allows administrators to disable all trusted locations in the specified applications. Trusted locations specified in the Trust Cen...
V-238181
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Disallowance of trusted locations on the network must be enforced.This policy setting controls whether trusted locations on the network can be used. If you enable this policy setting, users can specify trusted locati...
V-238182
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
The Save commands default file format must be configured.This policy setting controls the default file format for saving workbooks in Excel. If you enable this policy setting, you can set the default file fo...
V-238183
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
The scanning of encrypted macros in open XML documents must be enforced.This policy setting controls whether encrypted macros in Open XML workbooks be are required to be scanned with anti-virus software before being opened...
V-238184
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Macro storage must be in personal macro workbooks.This policy setting controls the default location for storing macros in Excel. If this policy setting is enabled, Excel stores macros in users' person...
V-238185
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Trust access for VBA must be disallowed.This policy setting controls whether automation clients such as Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Microsoft Office (VSTO) can access the Visual B...
V-238186
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Protection from zone elevation must be enforced.Internet Explorer places restrictions on each web page users can use the browser to open. Web pages on a user's local computer have the fewest securit...
V-238187
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
ActiveX Installs must be configured for proper restriction.Microsoft ActiveX controls allow unmanaged, unprotected code to run on the user computers. ActiveX controls do not run within a protected container in...
V-238188
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Files in unsafe locations must be opened in Protected View.This policy setting lets you determine if files located in unsafe locations will open in Protected View. If you have not specified unsafe locations, ...
V-238189
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Document behavior if file validation fails must be set.This policy setting controls how Office handles documents when they fail file validation. If you enable this policy setting, you can configure the fol...
V-238190
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Excel attachments opened from Outlook must be in Protected View.This policy setting allows you to determine if Excel files in Outlook attachments open in Protected View. If you enable this policy setting, Outlook a...
V-238191
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Warning Bar settings for VBA macros must be configured.This policy setting controls how the specified applications warn users when Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros are present. If this policy set...
V-238192
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
WEBSERVICE functions must be disabled.This policy setting controls how Excel will warn users when WEBSERVICE functions are present. If you enable this policy setting, you can choose from t...
V-238193
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Corrupt workbook options must be disallowed.This policy setting controls whether Excel presents users with a list of data extraction options before beginning an Open and Repair operation when us...
V-238194
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Macros must be blocked from running in Office files from the Internet.This policy setting allows you to block macros from running in Office files that come from the Internet. If you enable this policy setting, macros ar...
V-238195
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Files on local Intranet UNC must be opened in Protected View.This policy setting lets you determine if files on local Intranet UNC file shares open in Protected View. If you enable this policy setting, files on ...