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Microsoft Access 2016 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000210

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  • Disabling of user name and password syntax from being used in URLs must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) standard allows user authentication to be included in URL strings in the form http://usern...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000112

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    Group
  • Enabling IE Bind to Object functionality must be present.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Internet Explorer performs a number of safety checks before initializing an ActiveX control. It will not initialize a control...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000210

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    Group
  • Saved from URL mark to assure Internet zone processing must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Typically, when Internet Explorer loads a web page from a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) share that contains a Mark of the...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000210

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    Group
  • Navigation to URLs embedded in Office products must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To protect users from attacks, Internet Explorer usually does not attempt to load malformed URLs. This functionality can be c...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000112

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    Group
  • Scripted Window Security must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Malicious websites often try to confuse or trick users into giving a site permission to perform an action allowing the site t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000207

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    Group
  • Add-on Management functionality must be allowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Internet Explorer add-ons are pieces of code, run in Internet Explorer, to provide additional functionality. Rogue add-ons ma...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000131

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    Group
  • Add-ins to Office applications must be signed by a Trusted Publisher.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls whether add-ins for this applications must be digitally signed by a trusted publisher. If you en...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000207

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    Group
  • Links that invoke instances of Internet Explorer from within an Office product must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Pop-up Blocker feature in Internet Explorer can be used to block most unwanted pop-up and pop-under windows from appearin...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000488

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    Group
  • The configuration for enabling of hyperlinks must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls whether hyperlinks in Access tables, queries, forms, and reports are underlined. If you enable t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000131

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    Group
  • Trust Bar Notifications for unsigned application add-ins must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls whether the specified Office application notifies users when unsigned application add-ins are lo...
    Rule Medium Severity

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