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Microsoft Outlook 2010 STIG

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Custom Outlook Object Model (OOM) action execution prompts must be configured.

    <VulnDiscussion>Custom actions add functionality to Outlook that can be triggered as part of a rule. Among other possible features, custom ac...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO265 - Signature Warnings

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  • Warning about invalid signatures must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If users open e-mail messages that include invalid digital signatures, Outlook displays a warning dialog box. Users can decid...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO281 - Sync RSS Feeds w/Common List

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  • RSS feed synchronization with Common Feed List must be disallowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Common Feed list is a hierarchical set of RSS feeds to which clients such as Outlook 2010, the Feeds list in Internet Exp...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO223 - Trust EMail from Contacts

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  • Trust EMail from senders in receiver's contact list must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;E-mail addresses in users' Contacts list are treated as safe senders for purposes of filtering junk e-mail. If this configura...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO282 - RSS Feeds

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  • RSS Feeds must be disallowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Users can subscribe to RSS feeds from within Outlook and read RSS items like e-mail messages. If your organization has polici...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO231 - Unicode use when dragging Email

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The content of the drawer really is up to you. It could have form fields, definition lists, text lists, labels, charts, progress bars, etc. Spacing recommendation is 24px margins. You can put tabs in here, and can also make the drawer scrollable.

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