Userdata persistence for restricted sites zone is not disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-6307	DTBI132	SV-16458r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
No perseistant data should exist and be used in the Restricted sites zone.

STIG	Date
Microsoft IE Version 7	2013-04-01

Details

Check Text ( C-14697r1_chk )
The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Internet Control Panel -> Security Page -> Restricted Sites Zone -> "Userdata persistence" will be set to “Enabled” and "Disable" selected from down drop box. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\4 Criteria: If the value 1606 is REG_DWORD = 3, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-14697r1_chk )

The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Internet Control Panel -> Security Page -> Restricted Sites Zone -> "Userdata persistence" will be set to “Enabled” and "Disable" selected from down drop box.

Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key:

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\4

Criteria: If the value 1606 is REG_DWORD = 3, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-15245r1_fix)
The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Internet Control Panel -> Security Page -> Restricted Sites Zone -> "Userdata persistence" will be set to “Enabled” and "Disable" selected from down drop box. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\4 Criteria: Set the value 1606 to REG_DWORD = 3.

Fix Text (F-15245r1_fix)