DTOO123 - Outlook - Navigation to URL's embedded in Office products must be blocked.

Information

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 in some cases.

Solution

Set the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 (Machine) -> Security Settings -> IE Security 'Navigate URL' to 'Enabled' and place a check in the 'outlook.exe' check box.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Outlook_2010_V1R13_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-18(4), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001170, Rule-ID|SV-33412r1_rule, STIG-ID|DTOO123, Vuln-ID|V-17183

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 4219bdf537fb54a876b8df571bf98a03699c2b0abbcaf11541e1b828bd0e2743