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Disabling sending form templates with the email forms must be configured.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>InfoPath allows users to attach form templates when sending email forms. If users are able to open form templates included with email forms, rather than using a cached version that is previously published, an attacker could send a malicious form template with the email form in an attempt to gain access to sensitive information. Note: The form template is only opened directly if the form opens with a restricted security level. Otherwise, the attachment is actually a link to the published location.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility>System Administrator</Responsibility><Responsibility>Information Assurance Officer</Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-53366r1_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft InfoPath 2013 -> InfoPath e-mail forms "Disable sending form template with e-mail forms" to "Enabled".