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  • DTOO111 - Enable IE Bind to Object

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  • The Internet Explorer Bind to Object functionality must be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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

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  • The Saved from URL mark must be selected to enforce Internet zone processing.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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

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  • Navigation to URLs embedded in Office products must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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

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  • Links that invoke instances of Internet Explorer from within an Office product must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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

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  • Permit download of content from safe zones must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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

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  • Access restriction settings for published calendars must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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

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  • Recipients of sent email must be unable to be added to the safe senders list.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Users could send email messages to request that they be taken off a mailing list. If the email recipient is then automaticall...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO234 - Active X One-Off Forms

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  • ActiveX One-Off forms must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Third-party ActiveX controls are not allowed to run in one-off forms in Outlook. This behavior can be changed so that Safe Co...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO246 - Scripts in One-Off Forms

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  • Scripts in One-Off Outlook forms must be disallowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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

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  • IE Trusted Zones assumed trusted must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Malicious users can send HTML email messages with embedded Web beacons, which are pictures and other content from external se...
    Rule Medium Severity

The content of the drawer really is up to you. It could have form fields, definition lists, text lists, labels, charts, progress bars, etc. Spacing recommendation is 24px margins. You can put tabs in here, and can also make the drawer scrollable.

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