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Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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DTOO104 - Disable user name and password
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Disabling of user name and password syntax from being used in URLs must be enforced.
<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 -
The Internet Explorer Bind to Object functionality must be enabled.
<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 -
The Saved from URL mark must be selected to enforce Internet zone processing.
<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 URLs 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 Internet Explorer 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 -
DTOO126 - Add-on Management
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Add-on Management functionality must be allowed.
<VulnDiscussion>Internet Explorer add-ons are pieces of code, run in Internet Explorer, to provide additional functionality. Rogue add-ons ma...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO209 - Zone Elevation Protection
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Protection from zone elevation must be enforced.
<VulnDiscussion>Internet Explorer places restrictions on each web page users can use the browser to open. Web pages on a user's local compute...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO211 - Restrict ActiveX Install
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
ActiveX Installs must be configured for proper restriction.
<VulnDiscussion>Microsoft ActiveX controls allow unmanaged, unprotected code to run on the user computers. ActiveX controls do not run within...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO132 - Restrict File Download
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
File Downloads must be configured for proper restrictions.
<VulnDiscussion>Disabling this setting allows websites to present file download prompts via code without the user specifically initiating the...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO124 - Scripted Window Security
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Scripted Window Security must be enforced.
<VulnDiscussion>Malicious websites often try to confuse or trick users into giving a site permission to perform an action allowing the site t...Rule Medium Severity
Node 2
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.