II - Mission Support Sensitive
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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DTOO104 - Disable user name and password
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Disable user name and password syntax from being used in URLs
<VulnDiscussion>The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) standard allows user authentication to be included in URL strings in the form http://usern...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO111 - Enable IE Bind to Object
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Enabling IE Bind to Object functionality must be present.
<VulnDiscussion>Internet Explorer performs a number of safety checks before initializing an ActiveX control. It will not initialize a control...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO117 - Saved from URL
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Saved from URL mark to assure Internet zone processing must be enforced.
<VulnDiscussion>Typically, when Internet Explorer loads a Web page from a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) share that contains a Mark of the...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO123-Block Navigation to URL from Office
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Navigation to URL's embedded in Office products must be blocked.
<VulnDiscussion>To protect users from attacks, Internet Explorer usually does not attempt to load malformed URLs. This functionality can be c...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO129 - Block Pop-Ups
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Links that invoke instances of IE from within an Office product must be blocked.
<VulnDiscussion>The Pop-up Blocker feature in Internet Explorer can be used to block most unwanted pop-up and pop-under windows from appearin...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO272 - Content download from safe zones
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Permit download of content from safe zones must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>By default, Outlook automatically downloads content from sites that are considered "safe," as defined in the Security tab of ...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO219 - Access to Published Calendars
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Access restriction settings for published calendars must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>Users can share their calendars with others by publishing them to the Microsoft Office Online Calendar Sharing Services and t...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO224 - Email Recipient to Safe Sender List
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Recipients of sent email must be unable to be added to the safe sender's list.
<VulnDiscussion>Users could send e-mail messages to request that they be taken off a mailing list. If the e-mail recipient is then automatica...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO234 - Active X One-Off Forms
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Active X One-Off forms must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>Third-party ActiveX controls are not allowed to run in one-off forms in Outlook. You can change this behavior so that Safe Co...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO246 - Scripts in One-Off Forms
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Scripts in One-Off Outlook forms must be disallowed.
<VulnDiscussion>Malicious code can be included within Outlook forms, and such code could be executed when users open the form. By default, O...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO273 - Block Trusted Zones
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
IE Trusted Zones assumed 'trusted' must be blocked.
<VulnDiscussion>Malicious users can send HTML e-mail messages with embedded Web beacons, which are pictures and other content from external s...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO236 - Add-In Trust Level
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Add-In Trust Level must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>Under normal circumstances the installed COM add-ins are applications that have been approved and intentionally deployed by t...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO250 - Object Model Prompt for Address Book
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Object Model Prompt behavior for programmatic address books must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>If an untrusted application accesses the address book, the application could gain access to sensitive data and potentially ch...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO241 - Demote Attachments to Level 2
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Action to demote an EMail Level 1 attachment to Level 2 must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>Outlook uses two levels of security to restrict access to files attached to e-mail messages or other items. Files with specif...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO254 - Object Model Prompt for Formula Property
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Object Model Prompt behavior for accessing User Property Formula must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>A custom form in Outlook could be used to gain access to sensitive address book data and potentially to change that data. By ...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO253 - Object Model Prompt for Save As
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Object Model Prompt behavior for the SaveAs method must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>If an untrusted application uses the Save As command to programmatically save an item, the application could add malicious da...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO251 - Object Model Prompt for Reading Address
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Object Model Prompt behavior for programmatic access of user address data must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>If an untrusted application accesses the recipient fields, the application could gain access to sensitive data and potentiall...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO252-Object Model Prompt for Meeting Response
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Object Model Prompt behavior for Meeting and Task Responses must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>If an untrusted application programmatically responds to tasks or meeting requests, that application could impersonate a user...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO249 - Object Model Prmpt for auto email send
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Object Model Prompt for programmatic email send behavior must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>If an untrusted application programmatically sends e-mail, that application could send mail that includes malicious code, imp...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO256 - Trusted Add-Ins Security
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Trusted add-ins behavior for eMail must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>The Outlook object model includes entry points to access Outlook data, save data to specified locations, and send e-mail mess...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO226 - Dial-up Options
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Dial-up and Hang up Options for Outlook must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>By default, users can connect to their e-mail servers using dial-up networking if their accounts are configured appropriately...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO225 - Warn before Switching Dial-up
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Outlook Dial-up options to Warn user before allowing switch in dial-up access must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>Users can connect to their e-mail servers using dial-up networking if their accounts are configured appropriately. Dial-up co...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO237-Disable "remember password" on eMail Accts
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The "remember password" for internet e-mail accounts must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>As a security precaution, password caching for eMail Internet protocols such as POP3 or IMAP may lead to password discovery a...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO243 - Level 1 Attachment prompt
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Level 1 attachment close behaviors must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>To protect users from viruses and other harmful files, Outlook uses two levels of security, designated Level 1 and Level 2, t...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO242 - Level 1 Attachment Prompt on sending.
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Prompting behavior for Level 1 attachments on sending must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>To protect users from viruses and other harmful files, Outlook uses two levels of security, designated Level 1 and Level 2, t...Rule Medium Severity
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