Title

The Error Reporting tool for Office XP/2003 is installed or enabled. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

This could potentially send sensitive application data to the vendor and needs to be disabled.

Check Content

Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key for Office XP: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Common. Look for the DWNeverUpload, DWNoExternalURL, DWNoFileCollection, and DWNoSecondLevelCollection value names. Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key for Office 2003: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting\DW. Look for the DWReportee or DWNeverUpload value names. Criteria: For Office XP, if the value data for DWNeverUpload, DWNoExternalURL, DWNoFileCollection, and DWNoSecondLevelCollection is not 1 (the number one) or the key is not found, then this is a Finding. For Office 2003, if the value data for DWReportee or DWNeverUpload entry is not 1 (the number one) or the key is not found, this is a finding.

Fix Text

For Office XP, navigate to registry key HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Common. Change the values for DWNeverUpload, DWNoExternalURL, DWNoFileCollection, and DWNoSecondLevelCollection to 1 (the number one). If the key does not exist, add it with the values at 1. For Office 2003, change the value of DWReportee or DWNeverUpload to 1 (the number one). If either key does not exist, add it with the value 1.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-6398r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-6328

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Expert Comments

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