Email with InfoPath forms to show UI to recipients.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-17611	DTOO176 - InfoPath	SV-18745r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
Malicious users could send e-mail InfoPath forms with embedded Web beacons that can be used to track when recipients open the form and provide confirmation that recipients' e-mail addresses are valid. Additional information gathered by the form or information entered by users could also be sent to an external server and leave the users vulnerable to additional attacks. By default, InfoPath 2007 users are only warned of a beaconing threat if the form originates from the Internet.

Description

Malicious users could send e-mail InfoPath forms with embedded Web beacons that can be used to track when recipients open the form and provide confirmation that recipients' e-mail addresses are valid. Additional information gathered by the form or information entered by users could also be sent to an external server and leave the users vulnerable to additional attacks. By default, InfoPath 2007 users are only warned of a beaconing threat if the form originates from the Internet.

STIG	Date
Microsoft InfoPath 2007	2015-10-02

Details

Check Text ( C-18909r1_chk )
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 -> Miscellaneous “Email Forms Beaconing UI” will be set to “Enabled (Always show UI)”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\InfoPath\Security Criteria: If the value EmailFormsBeaconingUI is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-18909r1_chk )

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 -> Miscellaneous “Email Forms Beaconing UI” will be set to “Enabled (Always show UI)”.

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

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\InfoPath\Security

Criteria: If the value EmailFormsBeaconingUI is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-17525r1_fix)
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 -> Miscellaneous “Email Forms Beaconing UI” will be set to “Enabled (Always show UI)”.