Automatically downloading enclosures on RSS must be disallowed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-26632	DTOO313 - Outlook	SV-34101r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
This policy setting allows you to control whether Outlook automatically downloads enclosures on RSS items.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Outlook 2010	2014-01-07

Details

Check Text ( C-34228r1_chk )
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2010 -> Account Settings -> RSS Feeds “Automatically download enclosures” must be set to “Disabled". Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\outlook\options\rss Criteria: If the value EnableAttachments is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-34228r1_chk )

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2010 -> Account Settings -> RSS Feeds “Automatically download enclosures” must be set to “Disabled".

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

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\outlook\options\rss

Criteria: If the value EnableAttachments is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-29918r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2010 -> Account Settings -> RSS Feeds “Automatically download enclosures” to “Disabled".