Microsoft Outlook 2013 STIG
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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DTOO126 - Add-on Management
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DTOO209 - Zone Elevation Protection
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Protection from zone elevation must be enforced.
Internet Explorer places restrictions on each web page users can use the browser to open. Web pages on a user's local computer have the fewest security restrictions and reside in the Local Machine ...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO211 - Restrict ActiveX Install
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ActiveX installs must be configured for proper restrictions.
Microsoft ActiveX controls allow unmanaged, unprotected code to run on the user computers. ActiveX controls do not run within a protected container in the browser like the other types of HTML or Mi...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO132 - Restrict File Download
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DTOO124 - Scripted Window Security
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Scripted Window Security must be enforced.
Malicious websites often try to confuse or trick users into giving a site permission to perform an action allowing the site to take control of the users' computers in some manner. Disabling or not ...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO313 - Automatically download enclosures
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DTOO314 - Set message format
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Default message format must be set to use Plain Text.
Outlook uses HTML as the default email format. HTML format poses a security risk by embedding information into the email itself, which could allow for release of sensitive information. If a user at...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO315 - Outlook Security settings
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Outlook must be configured not to prompt users to choose security settings if default settings fail.
This policy prompts the user to choose security settings if default settings fail, but allowing users to select their own security settings would result in inconsistent enforcement in the organizat...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO316 - Minimum encryption settings
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DTOO317 - Signed/encrypted messages
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Replies or forwards to signed/encrypted messages must be signed/encrypted.
This setting controls whether replies and forwards to signed/encrypted mail should also be signed/encrypted.Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO320 - Check e-mail address against certificate
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Check e-mail addresses against addresses of certificates being used must be disallowed.
This policy setting controls whether Outlook verifies the user's email address with the address associated with the certificate used for signing.Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO424 - Disable weather bar in Outlook
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The use of the weather bar in Outlook must be disabled
The Weather Bar in Outlook displays weather conditions and forecast for a geographic location. By default, Outlook uses weather data provided by MSN Weather. The Weather Bar supports third-party we...Rule Medium Severity
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