Title

Enable the feature to warn before printing that the document contains tracking changes. - Word (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Warn before printing, saving or sending a file that contains tracked changes or comments.

Check Content

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office Word 2007 -> Word Options -> Security “Warn before printing, saving or sending a file that contains tracked changes or comments” will be set to “Enabled”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Options\vpref Criteria: If the value fWarnRevisions_1805_1 is REG_DWORD = 1 this is not a finding.

Fix Text

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office Word 2007 -> Word Options -> Security “Warn before printing, saving or sending a file that contains tracked changes or comments” will be set to “Enabled”.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-19052r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-17813

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