Details

This policy setting controls whether users see a security warning when they open custom Document Information Panels that contain a web beaconing threat. Web beacons can be used to contact an external server when users open forms. Information could be gathered by the form, or information entered by users could be sent to an external server, exposing the internal users and systems to additional attacks.

Solution

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2013 -> Document Information Panel ‘Document Information Panel Beaconing UI’ to ‘Enabled (Always show UI)’.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_OfficeSystem_2013_V2R1_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: System and Communications Protection.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.

References

• 800-53|SC-18(4)
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-002460
• Rule-ID|SV-228559r508020_rule
• STIG-ID|DTOO207
• STIG-Legacy|SV-52754
• STIG-Legacy|V-17605
• Vuln-ID|V-228559

Source

• Tenable.com/audits