Microsoft Excel 2010 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V1 · R12

CurrentPublished Wed Jul 24 2024

Corrupt workbook options must be disallowed.

Microsoft Excel 2010 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

Corrupt workbook options must be disallowed.

Description

Discussion Text

This setting controls whether Excel presents users with a list of data extraction options before beginning an Open and Repair operation when users choose to open a corrupt workbook in repair or extract mode.

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Objective

V-241854

Rule

SV-241854r961863_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

DTOO118 - Excel

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Excel 2010 -> Data Recovery "Do not show data extraction options when opening corrupt workbooks" must be set to "Enabled".

Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: 

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\excel\options

Criteria: If the value ExtractDataDisableUI is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Excel 2010 -> Data Recovery "Do not show data extraction options when opening corrupt workbooks" to "Enabled".

STIG check 15 of 47 in the Microsoft Excel 2010 STIG checklist

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