Opening behavior for EMail forms containing code or scripts must be controlled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-17580	DTOO167 - InfoPath	SV-33627r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
InfoPath notifies and prompts users before opening InfoPath e-mail forms that contain code or script. If this restriction is relaxed, InfoPath will open e-mail forms that contain code or script without prompting users, which could allow malicious code to run on the users' computers.

STIG	Date
Microsoft InfoPath 2010	2011-09-29

Details

Check Text ( C-34091r1_chk )
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft InfoPath 2010 -> InfoPath e-mail forms “Control behavior when opening InfoPath e-mail forms containing code or script” must be set to “Enabled (Prompt before running)”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\infoPath\security Criteria: If the value EMailFormsRunCodeAndScript is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-34091r1_chk )

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft InfoPath 2010 -> InfoPath e-mail forms “Control behavior when opening InfoPath e-mail forms containing code or script” must be set to “Enabled (Prompt before running)”.

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

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\infoPath\security

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

Fix Text (F-29770r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft InfoPath 2010 -> InfoPath e-mail forms “Control behavior when opening InfoPath e-mail forms containing code or script” to “Enabled (Prompt before running)”.