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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 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 STIG 2018-04-03

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.

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)”.