CCE-116-4| Platform: office2k7 | Date: (C)2010-04-28 (M)2022-10-10 |
The "Disable VBA for Office applications" setting should be configured correctly.
Parameter:
(1) enabled/disabled
Technical Mechanism:
(1) 2007: GPO Settings:Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Classic Administrative Templates / Microsoft Office 2007 System / Security Settings
(2) Registry keys: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\VbaOff 2003:
(3) Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Office 2003\Security Settings\Disable VBA for Office applications
(4) HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common - VbaOff
(5) User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Office 2003\Security Settings\Disable VBA for Office applications
(6) HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common - VbaOff
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References: | Resource Id | Reference |
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| Old v4 CCE ID | CCE-116 |
| Microsoft Office 2007 Threats and Countermeasures guide Beta release | Table 1.124. Disable VBA for Office applications, Table 2.5. Disable VBA for Office applications |
| Microsoft Office 2007 Recommendations (Security Settings for Office 2007 Applications.xlsx) | User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Office 2007 system\Security Settings\Disable VBA for Office applications, Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Office 2007 system (Machine)\Security Settings\Disable VBA for Office applications |
| NIST SCAP Microsoft Office 2007 OVAL (SCAP-Office2007-OVAL-Beta-v1.xml) | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:771 |
| NIST SCAP Microsoft Office 2007 XCCDF (SCAP-Office2007-XCCDF-Beta-v1.xml ) | DisableVBAForOfficeApplications |
| SCAP Repo OVAL Definition | oval:org.secpod.oval:def:11290 |
| HIPAA/HITECH Act | HIPAA/HITECH Act |
| Jericho Forum | Jericho Forum |
| BITS Shared Assessments SIG v6.0 | BITS Shared Assessments SIG v6.0 |
| FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--LOW IMPACT LEVEL-- | FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--LOW IMPACT LEVEL-- |
| ISO/IEC 27001-2005 | ISO/IEC 27001-2005 |
| COBIT 4.1 | COBIT 4.1 |
| GAPP (Aug 2009) | GAPP (Aug 2009) |
| NERC CIP | NERC CIP |
| NIST SP800-53 R3 | NIST SP800-53 R3 CM-5 |
| NIST SP800-53 R3 | NIST SP800-53 R3 CM-6 |
| PCIDSS v2.0 | PCIDSS v2.0 |
| FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--MODERATE IMPACT LEVEL-- | FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--MODERATE IMPACT LEVEL-- |
| BITS Shared Assessments AUP v5.0 | BITS Shared Assessments AUP v5.0 |
