The ability to run programs from PowerPoint must be disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-223378	O365-PT-000002	SV-223378r961092_rule	CCI-001170	medium
Description
This policy setting controls the prompting and activation behavior for the "Run Programs" option for action buttons in PowerPoint. If you enable this policy setting, you can choose from three options to control how the "Run Programs" option functions: - Disable (do not run any programs). If users click an action button with the "Run Programs" action assigned to it, nothing will happen. This option enforces the default configuration in PowerPoint.
STIG			Date
Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus Security Technical Implementation Guide			2025-03-05

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 3 frameworks

SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (2) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

CFG-03.3Explicitly Allow / Deny Applications

0.50

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2intersects

END-10Mobile Code

0.50

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2intersects

NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (3) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

SC-18(1)Identify Unacceptable Code and Take Corrective Actions

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

SC-18(3)Prevent Downloading and Execution

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

SC-18(4)Prevent Automatic Execution

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

CCI1 mapping

CCI-001170

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)

Details

Check Text (C-223378r961092_chk)

Verify the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 >> PowerPoint Options >> Security >> Run Programs is set to "Enabled" "Disable (do not run any programs)". Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\powerpoint\security If the value runprograms does not exist, this is not a finding. If the value is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-25039r442354_fix)

Set the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 >> PowerPoint Options >> Security >> Run Programs to "Enabled" "Disable (do not run any programs)".