Disable the ability for Office users to use the Internet Fax Feature.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-17661	DTOO198 - Office	SV-18818r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
Excel 2007, PowerPoint 2007, and Word 2007 users can use the Internet Fax feature to send documents to fax recipients through an Internet fax service provider. If your organization has policies that govern the time, place, or manner in which faxes are sent, this feature could help users evade those policies. By default, 2007 Office users can use the Internet Fax feature.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Office System 2007	2015-10-02

Details

Check Text ( C-18932r1_chk )
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2007 system -> Services -> Fax “Disable Internet Fax feature” will be set to “Enabled”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\Services\Fax Criteria: If the value NoFax is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-17559r1_fix)

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2007 system -> Services -> Fax “Disable Internet Fax feature” will be set to “Enabled”. "Note: Group Policy Administrative Templates are available from the www.microsoft.com download site. The MS Office 2007 System (Office12.adm) is included in the AdminTemplates.exe file. This template provides the mechanisms to incorporate Microsoft Office 2007 System policies via the Microsoft Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc)." "Note: If the Microsoft Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) is not used to incorporate the remediation to this vulnerability the Microsoft Registry Editor (regedit.exe) may be used to create the registry key and value required."