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V-223294

CAT II (Medium)

Office applications must not load XML expansion packs with Smart Documents.

Rule ID

SV-223294r961863_rule

STIG

Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R5

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

This policy setting controls whether Office 365 ProPlus applications can load an XML expansion pack manifest file with a Smart Document.

Check Content

Verify the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2016 >> Smart Documents (Word, Excel) >> Disable Smart Document's use of manifests is set to "Enabled".

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

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\common\smart tag

If the value for neverloadmanifests is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

Set the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2016 >> Smart Documents (Word, Excel) >> Disable Smart Document's use of manifests to "Enabled".