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Microsoft Outlook 2016 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000210

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Users customizing attachment security settings must be prevented.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting prevents users from overriding the set of attachments blocked by Outlook. If you enable this policy setti...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Outlook Security Mode must be configured to use Group Policy settings.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls which set of security settings are enforced in Outlook. If you enable this policy setting, you c...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000207

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The ability to display level 1 attachments must be disallowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls whether Outlook blocks potentially dangerous attachments designated Level 1. Outlook uses two le...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000207

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Level 1 file extensions must be blocked and not removed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls which types of attachments (determined by file extension) Outlook prevents from being delivered....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000207

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Level 2 file extensions must be blocked and not removed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls which types of attachments (determined by file extension) must be saved to disk before users can...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000210

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Scripts in One-Off Outlook forms must be disallowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls whether scripts can run in Outlook forms in which the script and layout are contained within the...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000488

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Custom Outlook Object Model (OOM) action execution prompts must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls whether Outlook prompts users before executing a custom action. Custom actions add functionality...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000488

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Object Model Prompt for programmatic email send behavior must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls what happens when an untrusted program attempts to send e-mail programmatically using the Outloo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000488

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Object Model Prompt behavior for programmatic address books must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls what happens when an untrusted program attempts to gain access to an Address Book using the Outl...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000488

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SRG-APP-000516

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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