Title

Hyperlinks to web templates in File | New and task panes must be disabled. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

This setting controls whether users can follow hyperlinks to templates on Office.com from within Office 2010 applications.

Check Content

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Miscellaneous “Disable hyperlinks to web templates in File | New and task panes” must be set to “Enabled”. 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 DisableTemplatesOnTheWeb is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Miscellaneous “Disable hyperlinks to web templates in File | New and task panes” to “Enabled”.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-34082r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-26626

Group Title: DTOO306 - Disable hyperlinks to web templates

Expert Comments

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