Ensure 'Prevent Excel from running XLM macros' is set to 'Enabled'

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Description

This policy setting will prevent Excel from running Excel 4.0 (XLM) macros. XLM macros were first added to Excel in 1992 and were disabled in Excel (Build 16.0.14427.10000) by Microsoft in 2021. The recommended state for this setting is: Enabled. Rationale: XLM is data macro format from the early nineties that was not built with security in mind. Macros can be easily exploited and are a favorite hiding place of malicious code. User setting: the audit checks HKEY_USERS\<SID>\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\office\16.0\excel\security:xl4macrooff (REG_DWORD) in every loaded user hive (S-1-5-21-*) and is compliant when each holds 1. It prints 'no-user-hive-loaded' (FAIL) when no user profile is loaded, so scan while users are logged on.

Méthode de vérification

Méthode d'audit: Registre Windows

registry

$sids = @(Get-ChildItem -Path 'Registry::HKEY_USERS' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object { $_.PSChildName -match '^S-1-5-21-\d+-\d+-\d+-\d+$' } | ForEach-Object { $_.PSChildName }); if ($sids.Count -eq 0) { 'no-user-hive-loaded' } else { $bad = @(); foreach ($s in $sids) { $v = (Get-ItemProperty -Path ('Registry::HKEY_USERS\' + $s + '\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\office\16.0\excel\security') -Name 'xl4macrooff' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).'xl4macrooff'; if (-not ($null -ne $v -and @(1) -contains [int64]$v)) { $bad += $s + ':xl4macrooff=' + $v } }; if ($bad.Count -eq 0) { 'compliant' } else { 'non-compliant: ' + ($bad -join ', ') } }

Sortie attendue: compliant

Méthode de correction

Méthode de correction: Recommandation ou correctif d'infrastructure

Configure through Group Policy (User Configuration): User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Excel 2016\Excel Options\Security\Trust Center\Prevent Excel from running XLM macros = Enabled

Propriétés

Systèmes d'exploitation: Tous
Étiquettes: officeproductivitycis-l1
Référence: CIS Microsoft Office Enterprise Benchmark v2.0.0 - 2.2.4.7.2.10 Ensure 'Prevent Excel from running XLM macros' is set to 'Enabled'

Vérifier cet hôte

Exécutez cette commande sur une machine que vous êtes autorisé à auditer. L'analyse est en lecture seule.

shell

tmaegis scan --target office