Detections
Analytics

1.16 O365-CO-000014

Information

Add-on Management must be enabled for all Office 365 ProPlus programs.

GROUP ID: V-223296
RULE ID: SV-223296r961086

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 this setting could allow malicious code or users to become active on user computers or the network. For example, a malicious user can monitor and then use keystrokes that user's type into Internet Explorer. Even legitimate add-ons may demand resources, compromising the performance of Internet Explorer and the operating systems for user computers.

Solution

Set the policy value for

Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2016 (Machine) >> Security Settings >> IE Security 'Add-on Management'

to 'Enabled' and select the check boxes for all installed Office programs.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/26066

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-18(1), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001662, Rule-ID|SV-223296r961086_rule, STIG-ID|O365-CO-000014, Vuln-ID|V-223296

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: fa36923bca05cdaedf6fa0aea1923f029d64259a2aef6a9fab9e2751b2d837d5