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Microsoft Outlook 2016 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Read EMail as plain text must be enforced.

    <VulnDiscussion>Outlook can display email messages and other items in three formats: plain text, Rich Text Format (RTF), and HTML. By default...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • Read signed email as plain text must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Outlook can display email messages and other items in three formats: plain text, Rich Text Format (RTF), and HTML. By default...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • SRG-APP-000112

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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...
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  • SRG-APP-000210

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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...
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  • SRG-APP-000210

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  • 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...
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  • SRG-APP-000112

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  • 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...
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  • SRG-APP-000207

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  • 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...
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  • SRG-APP-000207

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  • 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...
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  • SRG-APP-000209

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  • File Downloads must be configured for proper restrictions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Disabling this setting allows websites to present file download prompts via code without the user specifically initiating the...
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  • SRG-APP-000112

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  • Protection from zone elevation must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Internet Explorer places restrictions on each web page users can use the browser to open. Web pages on a user's local compute...
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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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