II - Mission Support Public
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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DTOO111 - IE Bind to Object
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The Internet Explorer Bind to Object functionality must be enabled.
Internet Explorer performs a number of safety checks before initializing an ActiveX control. It will not initialize a control if the kill bit for the control is set in the registry, or if the secur...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO117 - Saved from URL
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The Saved from URL mark must be selected to enforce Internet zone processing.
Typically, when Internet Explorer loads a web page from a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) share that contains a Mark of the Web (MOTW) comment, indicating the page was saved from a site on the In...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO123 - Block Navigation to URL from Office
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Navigation to URLs embedded in Office products must be blocked.
To protect users from attacks, Internet Explorer usually does not attempt to load malformed URLs. This functionality can be controlled separately for instances of Internet Explorer spawned by Offic...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO124 - Scripted Window Security
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Scripted Window Security must be enforced.
Malicious websites often try to confuse or trick users into giving a site permission to perform an action allowing the site to take control of the users' computers in some manner. Disabling or not ...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO126 - Add-on Management
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Add-on Management functionality must be allowed.
Internet Explorer add-ons are pieces of code, run in Internet Explorer, to provide additional functionality. Rogue add-ons may contain viruses or other malicious code. Disabling or not configuring ...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO127 - Add-ins are signed by Trusted Publisher
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Add-ins to Office applications must be signed by a Trusted Publisher.
Office 2013 applications do not check the digital signature on application add-ins before opening them. Disabling or not configuring this setting may allow an application to load a dangerous add-i...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO129 - Block Pop-Ups
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Links that invoke instances of IE from within an Office product must be blocked.
The Pop-up Blocker feature in Internet Explorer can be used to block most unwanted pop-up and pop-under windows from appearing. This functionality can be controlled separately for instances of Inte...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO131 - Trust Bar Notifications
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Trust Bar Notifications for unsigned applications must be disabled.
If an application is configured to require all add-ins to be signed by a trusted publisher, any unsigned add-ins the application loads will be disabled and the application will display the Trust Ba...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO132 - Restrict File Download
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File downloads must be configured for proper restrictions.
Disabling this setting allows websites to present file download prompts via code without the user specifically initiating the download. User preferences may also allow the download to occur without...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO209 - Zone Elevation Protection
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Protection from zone elevation must be enforced.
Internet Explorer places restrictions on each web page users can use the browser to open. Web pages on a user's local computer have the fewest security restrictions and reside in the Local Machine ...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO211 - Restrict ActiveX Install
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ActiveX installs must be configured for proper restrictions.
Microsoft ActiveX controls allow unmanaged, unprotected code to run on the user computers. ActiveX controls do not run within a protected container in the browser like the other types of HTML or Mi...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO304 - VBA Macro Warning settings
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Warning Bar settings for VBA macros must be configured.
When users open files containing VBA Macros, applications open the files with the macros disabled and displays the Trust Bar with a warning that macros are present and have been disabled. Users may...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO104 - Disabling of user name and password
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Disabling of user name and password syntax from being used in URLs must be enforced.
The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) standard allows user authentication to be included in URL strings in the form http://username:password@example.com. A malicious user might use this URL syntax to ...Rule Medium Severity
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