SV-223378r961092: The ability to run programs from PowerPoint must be disabled. | Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The ability to run programs from PowerPoint must be disabled.

Description

Discussion Text

This policy setting controls the prompting and activation behavior for the "Run Programs" option for action buttons in PowerPoint. If you enable this policy setting, you can choose from three options to control how the "Run Programs" option functions: - Disable (do not run any programs). If users click an action button with the "Run Programs" action assigned to it, nothing will happen. This option enforces the default configuration in PowerPoint.

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IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-001170SV-108931V-99827

References

DPMS Target Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus DISA DPMS Target Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus 4099

SCC Automation Reference

The reconstructed evaluation script behind this rule's OVAL check(s) — every module a compound check combines, with this rule's own concrete values and DISA's SCC tool's real per-module mechanism curated from static teardown of SCC releases.

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.office365:def:223378
$complianceKey = "Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\PowerPoint\security\RunPrograms"
$complianceValue = 0
if (Test-Path "HKCU:$complianceKey" -and (Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:$complianceKey").RunPrograms -eq $complianceValue) { Write-Output "PASS"; Exit 0 } else { Write-Output "FAIL"; Exit 1 }

Remediation

Set the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 >> PowerPoint Options >> Security >> Run Programs to "Enabled" "Disable (do not run any programs)".