Automatically downloading enclosures on RSS must be disallowed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-26632	DTOO313	SV-54061r1_rule		Medium

Description
This policy setting controls Outlook's ability to automatically download enclosures on RSS items.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Outlook 2013 STIG	2017-03-17

Details

Check Text ( C-48001r1_chk )
Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2013 -> Account Settings -> RSS Feeds "Automatically download enclosures" is set to "Disabled". Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\outlook\options\rss Criteria: If the value EnableAttachments is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-48001r1_chk )

Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2013 -> Account Settings -> RSS Feeds "Automatically download enclosures" is set to "Disabled".

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

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\outlook\options\rss

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

Fix Text (F-46941r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2013 -> Account Settings -> RSS Feeds "Automatically download enclosures" to "Disabled".