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II - Mission Support Sensitive

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-APP-000141

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  • Web Bluetooth API must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Control whether websites can access nearby Bluetooth devices. Access can be blocked completely or the site required to ask th...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

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  • Autofill for Credit Cards must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enables the Microsoft Edge AutoFill feature and lets users auto complete credit card information in web forms using previousl...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

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  • Autofill for addresses must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enables the AutoFill feature and allows users to auto-complete address information in web forms using previously stored infor...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000175

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  • Online revocation checks must be performed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If you enable this policy, Microsoft Edge will perform soft-fail, online OCSP/CRL checks. "Soft fail" means that if the revoc...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

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  • Personalization of ads, search, and news by sending browsing history to Microsoft must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy prevents Microsoft from collecting a user's Microsoft Edge browsing history to be used for personalizing advertis...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

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  • Site tracking of a user’s location must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Set whether websites can track users' physical locations. Tracking can be allowed by default ("AllowGeolocation") or denied b...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000080

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  • Browser history must be saved.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting disables deleting browser history and download history and prevents users from changing this setting.&lt;/VulnDi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

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  • Edge development tools must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;While the risk associated with browser development tools is more related to the proper design of a web application, a risk ve...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

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  • Download restrictions must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configure the type of downloads that Microsoft Edge completely blocks, without letting users override the security decision. ...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-APP-000378

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  • URLs must be whitelisted for plugin use if used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Define a list of sites, based on URL patterns that can open pop-up windows.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&lt;/...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

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  • Extensions installation must be blocklisted by default.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;List specific extensions that users cannot install in Microsoft Edge. When this policy is deployed, any extensions on this li...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000386

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  • Extensions that are approved for use must be allowlisted if used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By default, all extensions are allowed. However, if all extensions are blocked by setting the "ExtensionInstallBlockList" pol...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-APP-000400

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  • The Password Manager must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enable Microsoft Edge to save user passwords. If this policy is enabled, users can save their passwords in Microsoft Edge. T...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000456

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  • The version of Microsoft Edge running on the system must be a supported version.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Security flaws with software applications are discovered daily. Vendors are constantly updating and patching their products t...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000560

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  • Edge must be configured to allow only TLS.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Sets the minimum supported version of SSL. If this policy is not configured, Microsoft Edge uses a default minimum version, T...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

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  • Site isolation for every site must be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "SitePerProcess" policy can be used to prevent users from opting out of the default behavior of isolating all sites. The ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000142

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  • Supported authentication schemes must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting specifies which HTTP authentication schemes are supported. The policy can be configured by using these values: ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

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  • Microsoft Defender SmartScreen must be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting configures Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, which provides warning messages to help protect users from po...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

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  • Microsoft Defender SmartScreen must be configured to block potentially unwanted apps.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting configures blocking for potentially unwanted apps with Microsoft Defender SmartScreen. Potentially unwant...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

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  • The download location prompt must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting provides positive feedback before a download starts, limiting the possibility of inadvertent downloads without n...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-APP-000148

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  • Tracking of browsing activity must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The setting allows websites to be blocked from tracking users' web-browsing activity. If this policy is disabled or is not c...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000149

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  • A website's ability to query for payment methods must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting determines whether websites can check if the user has payment methods saved. If this policy is disabled, websit...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000151

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  • Suggestions of similar web pages in the event of a navigation error must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting allows Microsoft Edge to issue a connection to a web service to generate URL and search suggestions for connecti...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000152

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  • User feedback must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Microsoft Edge uses the Edge Feedback feature (enabled by default) to allow users to send feedback, suggestions, or customer ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000153

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  • The collections feature must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting allows users to access the Collections feature, where they can collect, organize, share, and export content more...
    Rule Medium Severity

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