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V-238039

CAT II (Medium)

The ability to create an online presentation programmatically must be disabled.

Rule ID

SV-238039r961092_rule

STIG

Microsoft Office System 2016 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R5

CCIs

CCI-001170

Discussion

This policy setting allows you to restrict the ability to create an online presentation programmatically in PowerPoint and Word. If you enable this policy setting, an online presentation cannot be created programmatically. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, an online presentation can be created programmatically.

Check Content

Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2016 -> Present Online -> "Restrict programmatic access for creating online presentations in PowerPoint and Word" is set to "Enabled".

Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: 

HKCU\software\policies\Microsoft\office\16.0\common\broadcast 

Criteria: If the value disableprogrammaticaccess is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2016 -> Present Online -> "Restrict programmatic access for creating online presentations in PowerPoint and Word" to "Enabled".