Text in Outlook that represents Internet and network paths must not be automatically turned into hyperlinks.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>The ability of Outlook to automatically turn text that represents Internet and network paths into hyperlinks would allow users to click on those hyperlinks in email messages and access malicious or otherwise harmful websites.</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-55984r2_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key:
HKCU\software\policies\Microsoft\office\14.0\outlook\options\autoformat
If the REG_DWORD value for pgrfafo_25_1 does not exist, create it with a value of "0".