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Read signed email as plain text.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-17771 DTOO215 - Outlook SV-18980r1_rule ECSC-1 Medium
Description
Outlook 2007 can display e-mail messages and other items in three formats: plain text, Rich Text Format (RTF), and HTML. By default, Outlook displays digitally signed e-mail messages in the format they were received in.
STIG Date
Microsoft Outlook 2007 2015-09-17

Details

Check Text ( C-19034r1_chk )
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 -> Tools \ Options -> Preferences -> E-mail Options “Read signed e-mail as plain text” will be set to “Enabled”.

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

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Options\Mail

Criteria: If the value ReadSignedAsPlain is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.
Fix Text (F-17670r1_fix)
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 -> Tools \ Options -> Preferences -> E-mail Options “Read signed e-mail as plain text” will be set to “Enabled”.