II - Mission Support Public
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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DTOO133-Disable all trusted locations
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
All automatic loading from Trusted Locations must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Trusted locations specified in the Trust Center are used to define file locations assumed to be safe. Content, code, and add-...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO157 - SharePoint Services Gradual Upgrade
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Redirection behavior for upgraded web sites by SharePoint must be blocked.
<VulnDiscussion>InfoPath automatically redirects user requests for sites that have not been upgraded to the temporary URL if it is located on...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO167 - Forms Opening behavior - EMail /w code
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Opening behavior for Email forms containing code or scripts must be controlled.
<VulnDiscussion>InfoPath notifies and prompts users before opening InfoPath email forms that contain code or script. If this restriction is r...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO176 - Email forms beaconing UI
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Email with InfoPath forms must be configured to show UI to recipients.
<VulnDiscussion>Malicious users could send InfoPath email forms with embedded web beacons that can be used to track when recipients open the ...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO169 - Disable dynamic caching / form template
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Disable dynamic caching of the form template in InfoPath eMail forms.
<VulnDiscussion>By default, InfoPath 2007 caches form templates when they are attached to a mail item that is recognized as an InfoPath e-mai...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO173 - E-Mail forms from Full Trust Zone
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Disabling of email forms from the Full Trust Security Zone must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>InfoPath provides three security levels for form templates: Restricted, Domain, and Full Trust. The security levels determine...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO172 - EMail forms from Internet Zone
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Disabling email forms from the Internet Security Zone must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>InfoPath email forms can be designed by an external attacker and sent over the Internet as part of a phishing attempt. Users ...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO171 - EMail forms in Restricted Security
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Disabling email forms running in Restricted Security Level must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>InfoPath forms running with the restricted security level, can only access data stored on the forms. However, a malicious use...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO159 - Fully trusted solutions access
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Disabling of Fully Trusted Solutions access to computers must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>InfoPath users can choose whether to allow trusted forms to run on their computers. The Full Trust security level allows a fo...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO158 - Solutions from the Internet Zone
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Disabling the opening of solutions from the Internet Security Zone must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>Attackers could use InfoPath solutions published to Internet Web sites to try to obtain sensitive information from users. By ...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO168 - Sending templates with email form
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Disabling sending form templates with the email forms must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>InfoPath allows users to attach form templates when sending email forms. If users are able to open form templates included wi...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO170 - 2003 forms as email
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
InfoPath 2003 forms as email forms in InfoPath 2013 must be disallowed.
<VulnDiscussion>An attacker might target InfoPath 2003 forms to try and compromise an organization's security. InfoPath 2003 did not write a ...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO164 - Beaconing UI / forms opening
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Beaconing UI shown for opened forms must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>Malicious users can create InfoPath forms with embedded Web beacons that can be used to contact an external server when the u...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO165 - Beaconing UI /forms opened Activex
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Beaconing of UI forms with ActiveX controls must be enforced.
<VulnDiscussion>InfoPath makes it possible to host InfoPath forms in other applications as ActiveX controls. Such controls are known as InfoP...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO156 - Offline Mode Cache
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Offline Mode capability to cache queries for offline mode must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>InfoPath can function in online mode or offline mode. It can also cache queries for use in offline mode. If offline mode is u...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO160 - Unsafe File Attachments in InfoPath
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Unsafe file types must be prevented from being attached to InfoPath forms.
<VulnDiscussion>Users can attach any type of file to forms except potentially unsafe files that might contain viruses, such as .bat or .exe f...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO127 - Add-ins are signed by Trusted Publisher
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Add-ins to Office applications must be signed by a Trusted Publisher.
<VulnDiscussion>Office 2013 applications do not check the digital signature on application add-ins before opening them. Disabling or not con...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO294 - E-mail forms from the Intranet
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
InfoPath must be enforced to not use email forms from the Intranet security zone.
<VulnDiscussion>InfoPath email forms can be designed by an internal attacker and sent over the local intranet, and users might fill out such ...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO295 - InfoPath e-mail forms in Outlook
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
InfoPath email forms in Outlook must be disallowed.
<VulnDiscussion>Attackers can send users InfoPath email forms in an attempt to gain access to confidential information. Depending on the leve...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO296 - Managed code from the Internet
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Disabling opening forms with managed code from the Internet security zone must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>When InfoPath solutions are opened locally, the location of the form is checked so that updates to the form can be downloaded...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO297 - A form is digitally signed
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
A form that is digitally signed must be displayed with a warning.
<VulnDiscussion>This setting controls whether or not the user sees a dialog box when opening Microsoft InfoPath forms containing digitally si...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO309 - APTCA Assembly Allow List Enforcement
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The InfoPath APTCA Assembly Allowable List must be enforced.
<VulnDiscussion>InfoPath 2013 forms' business logic can only call into Global Assembly Cache (GAC) assemblies listed in the APTCA Assembly Al...Rule Medium Severity
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