Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-APP-000516
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The Internet Explorer warning about certificate address mismatch must be enforced.
This parameter warns users if the certificate being presented by the website is invalid. Since server certificates are used to validate the identity of the web server it is critical to warn the use...Rule Medium Severity -
The Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe property must be disallowed (Internet zone).
ActiveX controls that are not marked safe for scripting should not be executed. Although this is not a complete security measure for a control to be marked safe for scripting, if a control is not m...Rule Medium Severity -
Accessing data sources across domains must be disallowed (Internet zone).
The ability to access data zones across domains could cause the user to unknowingly access content hosted on an unauthorized server. Access to data sources across multiple domains must be controlle...Rule Medium Severity -
Launching programs and files in IFRAME must be disallowed (Internet zone).
This policy setting allows you to manage whether applications may be run and files may be downloaded from an IFRAME reference in the HTML of the pages in this zone. Launching of programs in IFRAME ...Rule Medium Severity -
Userdata persistence must be disallowed (Internet zone).
Userdata persistence must have a level of protection based upon the site being accessed. It is possible for sites hosting malicious content to exploit this feature as part of an attack against visi...Rule Medium Severity -
Java permissions must be configured with High Safety (Intranet zone).
Java applications could contain malicious code. This policy setting allows you to manage permissions for Java applets. If you enable this policy setting, options can be chosen from the drop-down bo...Rule Medium Severity -
Java permissions must be configured with High Safety (Trusted Sites zone).
Java applications could contain malicious code. This policy setting allows you to manage permissions for Java applets. If you enable this policy setting, options can be chosen from the drop-down bo...Rule Medium Severity -
Dragging of content from different domains within a window must be disallowed (Restricted Sites zone).
This policy setting allows you to set options for dragging content from one domain to a different domain when the source and destination are in the same window. If you enable this policy setting, u...Rule Medium Severity -
Prevent bypassing SmartScreen Filter warnings must be enabled.
This policy setting determines whether the user can bypass warnings from SmartScreen Filter. SmartScreen Filter prevents the user from browsing to or downloading from sites that are known to host m...Rule Medium Severity -
Prevent per-user installation of ActiveX controls must be enabled.
This policy setting allows you to prevent the installation of ActiveX controls on a per-user basis. If you enable this policy setting, ActiveX controls cannot be installed on a per-user basis. If y...Rule Medium Severity -
The Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe must be disallowed (Trusted Sites Zone).
ActiveX controls that are not marked safe for scripting should not be executed. Although this is not a complete security measure for a control to be marked safe for scripting, if a control is not m...Rule Medium Severity -
VBScript must not be allowed to run in Internet Explorer (Internet zone).
This policy setting allows the management of whether VBScript can be run on pages from the specified zone in Internet Explorer. By selecting "Enable" in the drop-down box, VBScript can run without ...Rule Medium Severity -
Java permissions must be disallowed (Restricted Sites zone).
Java applications could contain malicious code; sites located in this security zone are more likely to be hosted by malicious individuals. This policy setting allows you to manage permissions for J...Rule Medium Severity -
Active scripting must be disallowed (Restricted Sites Zone).
Active scripts hosted on sites located in this zone are more likely to contain malicious code. Active scripting must have a level of protection based upon the site being accessed. This policy setti...Rule Medium Severity -
Clipboard operations via script must be disallowed (Restricted Sites zone).
A malicious script could use the clipboard in an undesirable manner, for example, if the user had recently copied confidential information to the clipboard while editing a document, a malicious scr...Rule Medium Severity -
Logon options must be configured and enforced (Restricted Sites zone).
Users could submit credentials to servers operated by malicious individuals who could then attempt to connect to legitimate servers with those captured credentials. Care must be taken with user cre...Rule Medium Severity -
Configuring History setting must be set to 40 days.
This setting specifies the number of days that Internet Explorer keeps track of the pages viewed in the History List. The delete Browsing History option can be accessed using Tools, Internet Option...Rule Medium Severity -
Internet Explorer must be set to disallow users to add/delete sites.
This setting prevents users from adding sites to various security zones. Users should not be able to add sites to different zones, as this could allow them to bypass security controls of the system...Rule Medium Severity -
Internet Explorer must be configured to disallow users to change policies.
Users who change their Internet Explorer security settings could enable the execution of dangerous types of code from the Internet and websites listed in the Restricted Sites zone in the browser. T...Rule Medium Severity
Node 2
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.