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Applications designed to enforce policy pertaining to the use of mobile code must prevent the automatic execution of mobile code in organization-defined software applications and require organization-defined actions prior to executing the code.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-27177 SRG-APP-000210 SV-34476r1_rule Medium
Description
Decisions regarding the employment of mobile code within organizational information systems are based on the potential for the code to cause damage to the system if used maliciously. Mobile code technologies include: Java, JavaScript, ActiveX, PDF, Postscript, Shockwave movies, Flash animations, and VBScript. Usage restrictions and implementation guidance apply to both the selection and use of mobile code installed on organizational servers and mobile code downloaded and executed on individual workstations. Organization-defined software may be a specific application, web site or web sites in general. Organization-defined actions include but are not limited to: alerts to the user, logging actions, a centralized alarm, or any combination thereof.
STIG Date
Application Security Requirements Guide 2011-12-28

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