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Microsoft Outlook 2010 STIG

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Check e-mail addresses against addresses of certificates being used must be disallowed.

    <VulnDiscussion>This policy setting controls whether Outlook verifies the user's e-mail address with the address associated with the certific...
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  • DTOO425 - Disable Internet and network path into hyperlinks

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  • DTOO253 - Object Model Prompt for Save As

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  • DTOO104 - Disable user name and password

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  • Disable user name and password syntax from being used in URLs

    &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
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  • DTOO111 - Enable IE Bind to Object

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  • 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
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  • DTOO117 - Saved from URL

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  • 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
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  • DTOO123-Block Navigation to URL from Office

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  • Navigation to URL's 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
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  • DTOO129 - Block Pop-Ups

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  • Links that invoke instances of IE 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
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  • DTOO272 - Content download from safe zones

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  • Permit download of content from safe zones must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By default, Outlook automatically downloads content from sites that are considered "safe," as defined in the Security tab of ...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • DTOO219 - Access to Published Calendars

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  • Access restriction settings for published calendars must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Users can share their calendars with others by publishing them to the Microsoft Office Online Calendar Sharing Services and t...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • DTOO224 - Email Recipient to Safe Sender List

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  • Recipients of sent email must be unable to be added to the safe sender's list.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Users could send e-mail messages to request that they be taken off a mailing list. If the e-mail recipient is then automatica...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • DTOO234 - Active X One-Off Forms

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  • Active X One-Off forms must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Third-party ActiveX controls are not allowed to run in one-off forms in Outlook. You can change this behavior so that Safe Co...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • DTOO246 - Scripts in One-Off Forms

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  • Scripts in One-Off Outlook forms must be disallowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Malicious code can be included within Outlook forms, and such code could be executed when users open the form. By default, O...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • DTOO273 - Block Trusted Zones

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  • IE Trusted Zones assumed 'trusted' must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Malicious users can send HTML e-mail messages with embedded Web beacons, which are pictures and other content from external s...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • DTOO236 - Add-In Trust Level

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  • The Add-In Trust Level must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Under normal circumstances the installed COM add-ins are applications that have been approved and intentionally deployed by t...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • DTOO250 - Object Model Prompt for Address Book

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  • Object Model Prompt behavior for programmatic address books must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If an untrusted application accesses the address book, the application could gain access to sensitive data and potentially ch...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • DTOO241 - Demote Attachments to Level 2

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  • Action to demote an EMail Level 1 attachment to Level 2 must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Outlook uses two levels of security to restrict access to files attached to e-mail messages or other items. Files with specif...
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  • DTOO254 - Object Model Prompt for Formula Property

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  • Object Model Prompt behavior for accessing User Property Formula must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A custom form in Outlook could be used to gain access to sensitive address book data and potentially to change that data. By ...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Object Model Prompt behavior for the SaveAs method must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If an untrusted application uses the Save As command to programmatically save an item, the application could add malicious da...
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  • DTOO251 - Object Model Prompt for Reading Address

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  • Object Model Prompt behavior for programmatic access of user address data must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If an untrusted application accesses the recipient fields, the application could gain access to sensitive data and potentiall...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • DTOO252-Object Model Prompt for Meeting Response

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  • Object Model Prompt behavior for Meeting and Task Responses must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If an untrusted application programmatically responds to tasks or meeting requests, that application could impersonate a user...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • DTOO249 - Object Model Prmpt for auto email send

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  • Object Model Prompt for programmatic email send behavior must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If an untrusted application programmatically sends e-mail, that application could send mail that includes malicious code, imp...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • DTOO256 - Trusted Add-Ins Security

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  • Trusted add-ins behavior for eMail must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Outlook object model includes entry points to access Outlook data, save data to specified locations, and send e-mail mess...
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  • DTOO226 - Dial-up Options

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  • Dial-up and Hang up Options for Outlook must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By default, users can connect to their e-mail servers using dial-up networking if their accounts are configured appropriately...
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  • DTOO225 - Warn before Switching Dial-up

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  • Outlook Dial-up options to Warn user before allowing switch in dial-up access must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Users can connect to their e-mail servers using dial-up networking if their accounts are configured appropriately. Dial-up co...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • DTOO237-Disable "remember password" on eMail Accts

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  • The "remember password" for internet e-mail accounts must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;As a security precaution, password caching for eMail Internet protocols such as POP3 or IMAP may lead to password discovery a...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • DTOO243 - Level 1 Attachment prompt

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  • Level 1 attachment close behaviors must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To protect users from viruses and other harmful files, Outlook uses two levels of security, designated Level 1 and Level 2, t...
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