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V-223396

CAT II (Medium)

Visio 2000-2002 Binary Drawings, Templates and Stencils must be blocked.

Rule ID

SV-223396r961086_rule

STIG

Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R5

CCIs

CCI-001662

Discussion

This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open or save Visio files with the format specified by the title of this policy setting. If you enable this policy setting, you can specify whether users can open or save files. The options that can be selected are below. Note: Not all options may be available for this policy setting. -Do not block: The file type will not be blocked. -Save blocked: Saving of the filet type will be blocked. -Open/Save blocked: Both opening and saving of the file type will be blocked. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the file type will be blocked.

Check Content

Verify the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Visio 2016 >> Visio Options >> Security >> Trust Center >> File Block Settings "Visio 2000-2002 Binary Drawings, Templates and Stencils" is set to "Enabled" and "Open/Save blocked".

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

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\visio\security\fileblock

If the value "visio2000files" is REG_DWORD = 2, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

Set the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Visio 2016 >> Visio Options >> Security >> Trust Center >> File Block Settings "Visio 2000-2002 Binary Drawings, Templates and Stencils" to "Enabled" and "Open/Save blocked".