Outlook must be enforced as the default email, calendar, and contacts program.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-17753	DTOO229 - Outlook	SV-33508r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
Outlook is made the default program for E-mail, contacts, and calendar services when it is installed, although users can designate other programs as the default programs for these services. If another application is used to provide these services and your organization does not ensure the security of that application, it could be exploited to gain access to sensitive information or launch other malicious attacks. If your organization has policies that govern the use of personal information management software, allowing users to change the default configuration could enable them to violate such policies.

Description

Outlook is made the default program for E-mail, contacts, and calendar services when it is installed, although users can designate other programs as the default programs for these services. If another application is used to provide these services and your organization does not ensure the security of that application, it could be exploited to gain access to sensitive information or launch other malicious attacks. If your organization has policies that govern the use of personal information management software, allowing users to change the default configuration could enable them to violate such policies.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Outlook 2010	2015-09-17

Details

Check Text ( C-33994r1_chk )
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2010 -> Outlook Options -> Other “Make Outlook the default program for E-mail, Contacts, and Calendar” must be set to “Enabled”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\outlook\options\general Criteria: If the value Check Default Client is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-33994r1_chk )

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2010 -> Outlook Options -> Other “Make Outlook the default program for E-mail, Contacts, and Calendar” must be set to “Enabled”.

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

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

Criteria: If the value Check Default Client is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-29683r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2010 -> Outlook Options -> Other “Make Outlook the default program for E-mail, Contacts, and Calendar” to “Enabled”.