Disable eMail forms from the Internet Security Zone for InfoPath.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-17656	DTOO172 - InfoPath	SV-18808r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
InfoPath 2007 e-mail forms can be designed by an external attacker and sent over the Internet as part of a phishing attempt. Users might fill out such forms and provide sensitive information to the attacker. By default, forms that originate from the Internet can be opened, although those forms cannot access content that is stored in a different domain.

STIG	Date
Microsoft InfoPath 2007	2015-10-02

Details

Check Text ( C-18927r1_chk )
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 -> InfoPath e-mail forms “Disable e-mail forms from the Internet security zone” will be set to “Enabled”. 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 EnableInternetEMailForms is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-18927r1_chk )

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 -> InfoPath e-mail forms “Disable e-mail forms from the Internet security zone” will be set to “Enabled”.

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 EnableInternetEMailForms is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-17554r1_fix)
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 -> InfoPath e-mail forms “Disable e-mail forms from the Internet security zone” will be set to “Enabled”.