STIGQter: STIG Summary: Microsoft Office System 2013 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 23 Oct 2020:

Office automatic updates must be enabled for Office products installed via Click-to-Run and configured to use a Trusted site.

DISA Rule

SV-228562r508020_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-228562

Group Title

SRG-APP-000456

Rule Version

DTOO401

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-002605 - The organization installs security-relevant software updates within an organization-defined time period of the release of the updates.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Set the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2013 (Machine)->Updates->"Enable Automatic Updates" to "Enabled".

Set the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Updates -> "Specify intranet Microsoft update service location" to "Enabled" and the "Set the intranet update service for detecting updates:" and the "Set the intranet statistics server:"to point to an Intranet system.

Check Contents

Verify the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2013 (Machine)->Updates->"Enable Automatic Updates" is set to "Enabled".
Verify the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Updates -> "Specify intranet Microsoft update service location" is set to "Enabled" and the "Set the intranet update service for detecting updates:" and the "Set the intranet statistics server:" both point to an Intranet system.

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

HKLM\software\policies\Microsoft\office\15.0\common\officeupdate
Criteria: If the value EnableAutomaticUpdates is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.
If the registry key is missing, this is an Open finding. This setting is, by default, enabled and must be explicitly configured to be disabled.
HKLM\software\policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate
Criteria: If the value of WUServer and WUStatusServer are populated with an Intranet system, this is not a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-228562

Documentable

False

Rule Version

DTOO401

Severity Override Guidance

Verify the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2013 (Machine)->Updates->"Enable Automatic Updates" is set to "Enabled".
Verify the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Updates -> "Specify intranet Microsoft update service location" is set to "Enabled" and the "Set the intranet update service for detecting updates:" and the "Set the intranet statistics server:" both point to an Intranet system.

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

HKLM\software\policies\Microsoft\office\15.0\common\officeupdate
Criteria: If the value EnableAutomaticUpdates is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.
If the registry key is missing, this is an Open finding. This setting is, by default, enabled and must be explicitly configured to be disabled.
HKLM\software\policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate
Criteria: If the value of WUServer and WUStatusServer are populated with an Intranet system, this is not a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4227

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