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III - Administrative Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • 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
  • DTOO236 - Add-In Trust Level

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  • The Add-In Trust Level must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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

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  • Object Model Prompt behavior for programmatic address books must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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

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  • Action to demote an EMail Level 1 attachment to Level 2 must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Outlook uses two levels of security to restrict access to files attached to email messages or other items. Files with specifi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO254 - Object Model Prompt for Formula Property

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  • Object Model Prompt behavior for accessing User Property Formula must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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

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  • Object Model Prompt behavior for the SaveAs method must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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

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  • Object Model Prompt behavior for programmatic access of user address data must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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

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  • Object Model Prompt behavior for Meeting and Task Responses must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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

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  • Object Model Prompt for programmatic email send behavior must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If an untrusted application programmatically sends email, that application could send mail that includes malicious code, impe...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO256 - Trusted Add-Ins Security

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  • Trusted add-ins behavior for email must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Outlook object model includes entry points to access Outlook data, save data to specified locations, and send email messa...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO237-Disable "remember password" on eMail Accts

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  • The remember password for internet e-mail accounts must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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

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  • The prompt to display level 1 attachments must be disallowed when closing an item.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

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  • The prompt to display level 1 attachments must be disallowed when sending an item.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To protect users from viruses and other harmful files, Outlook 2013 uses two levels of security, designated Level 1 and Level...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO283 - Dwnld articles as HTML attachments

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  • Disabling download full text of articles as HTML must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Many RSS feeds use messages that contain a brief summary of a larger message or an article with a link to the full content. U...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO277 - Links in Email Messages

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  • Hyperlinks in suspected phishing email messages must be disallowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Outlook's Junk E-mail Filter evaluates each incoming message for possible spam or phishing content. Suspicious message detect...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO279 - Enable RPC Encryption

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  • RPC encryption between Outlook and Exchange server must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The remote procedure call (RPC) communication channel between an Outlook client computer and an Exchange server is not encryp...
    Rule Medium Severity

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