Detections
Analytics

1.23 O365-CO-000020

Information

Navigate URL must be enabled in all Office programs.

GROUP ID: V-223302
RULE ID: SV-223302r961092

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 Office applications (for example, if a user clicks a link in an Office document or selects a menu option that loads a web page). If Internet Explorer attempts to load a malformed URL, a security risk could occur.

Solution

Set the policy value for

Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2016 (Machine) >> Security Settings >> IE Security >> Navigate URL 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(4), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001170, Rule-ID|SV-223302r961092_rule, STIG-ID|O365-CO-000020, Vuln-ID|V-223302

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: acebb5e561cf77348b5f6102850c025be0a93e8e710348df937982f274c4493f