1. Home
  2. Security Hardening
  3. DISA STIG Office 2010 Excel V1R11
  4. DTOO210 – Excel – Pre-release versions of file formats new to Office Products must be blocked.

DTOO210 – Excel – Pre-release versions of file formats new to Office Products must be blocked.

Details

The Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Excel 2010 File Formats installed can open Office Open XML files saved with pre-release versions of Excel 2010. Excel Open XML files usually have the following extensions: .xlsx, .xlsm, .xltx, .xltm, .xlam.

Solution

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Office 2010 Converters ‘Block opening of pre-release versions of file formats new to Excel 2010 through the Compatibility Pack for Office 2010 and Excel 2010 Converter’ to ‘Enabled’.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.

References

Source

Updated on July 16, 2022
Was this article helpful?

Related Articles