Title

The configuration for Slide Update with counterparts must be disallowed. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

This setting controls whether users can link slides in a presentation with their counterparts in a PowerPoint Slide Library. If this policy setting is enabled, PowerPoint cannot check the status of a slide in a Slide Library when a presentation with Slide Update data is opened. If this policy setting is disabled or not configured, each time users open a presentation that contains a shared slide, PowerPoint notifies them if the slide has been updated and provides them with the opportunity to ignore the update, append a new slide to the outdated slide, or replace the outdated slide with the updated one.

Check Content

Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 -> Miscellaneous "Disable Slide Update" is set to "Enabled". Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\PowerPoint\slide libraries Criteria: If the value DisableSlideUpdate is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 -> Miscellaneous "Disable Slide Update" to "Enabled".

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-53533r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-26639

Group Title: DTOO319 - Disable Slide Update

Expert Comments

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