Title

Connection verification of permissions must be enforced. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Users are not required to connect to the network to verify permissions. If users do not need their licenses confirmed when attempting to open Office documents, they might be able to access documents after their licenses have been revoked. Also, it is not possible to log the usage of files with restricted permissions if users' licenses are not confirmed.

Check Content

Verify the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2013 >> Manage Restricted Permissions "Always require users to connect to verify permission" is set to "Enabled". Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\common\drm Criteria: If the value 'RequireConnection' is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2013 -> Manage Restricted Permissions "Always require users to connect to verify permission" to "Enabled".

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-228556r508020_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-228556

Group Title: SRG-APP-000340

Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.