Fatally corrupt files must be blocked from opening.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-71673	SRG-APP-000207	DTOO322	SV-86297r1_rule	2018-03-19	1

Description
When disabled, fatally corrupt files are prevented from opening. When enabled, the user is warned but may choose to open the file.By default, fatally corrupt files are prevented from opening.

ℹ️ Check
Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Publisher 2016 -> Security "Prompt to allow fatally corrupt files to open instead of blocking them" is set to "Disabled". Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\publisher Criteria: If the value PromptForBadFiles is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

ℹ️ Check

Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Publisher 2016 -> Security "Prompt to allow fatally corrupt files to open instead of blocking them" is set to "Disabled". Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\publisher Criteria: If the value PromptForBadFiles is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

✔️ Fix
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Publisher 2016 -> Security "Prompt to allow fatally corrupt files to open instead of blocking them" to "Disabled".