All installed trusted COM addins can be trusted.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-17566	DTOO236 - Outlook	SV-18671r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
All installed trusted COM addins can be trusted. Because the add-ins are controlled and known by the admins, they should always be presumed trusted.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Outlook 2007	2014-01-07

Details

Check Text ( C-18867r1_chk )
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 -> Security “Configure Add-In Trust Level” will be set to “Enabled (Trust all loaded and installed COM addins)”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Security Criteria: If the value AddinTrust is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-18867r1_chk )

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 -> Security “Configure Add-In Trust Level” will be set to “Enabled (Trust all loaded and installed COM addins)”.

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

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

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

Fix Text (F-17484r1_fix)
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 -> Security “Configure Add-In Trust Level” will be set to “Enabled (Trust all loaded and installed COM addins)”.