Title

Online content options must be configured for offline content availability. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

The Office 2010 Help system automatically searches Microsoft Office.com for content when a computer is connected to the Internet. Users can change this default by clearing the Search Microsoft Office.com for Help content when I'm connected to the Internet check box in the Privacy Options section of the Trust Center. If your organization has policies that govern the use of external resources such as Office.com, allowing the Help system to download content might cause users to violate these policies.

Check Content

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Tools | Options | General | Service Options... -> Online Content “Online content options” must be set to “Enabled: Search only offline content whenever available”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\common\internet Criteria: If the value UseOnlineContent is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Tools | Options | General | Service Options... -> Online Content “Online content options” to “Enabled: Search only offline content whenever available”.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-34086r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-26630

Group Title: DTOO345 - Online content options

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