Untrusted intranet zone access to Project servers must not be allowed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-26691	DTOO346 - Project	SV-34091r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
Enabling this setting allows users to access Project Server websites and workspaces outside of the trusted Internet zone. As a result, malicious code could become active on user computers or the network to gain access to sensitive data. In this situation, the site could attempt to capture personal information, like passwords and user names.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Project 2010	2012-06-22

Details

Check Text ( C-34359r1_chk )
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Project 2010 -> Project Options -> Security “Enable untrusted intranet zone access to Project server” must be set to “Disabled”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\ms project\security Criteria: If the value TrustWSS is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-34359r1_chk )

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Project 2010 -> Project Options -> Security “Enable untrusted intranet zone access to Project server” must be set to “Disabled”.

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

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\ms project\security

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

Fix Text (F-29998r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Project 2010 -> Project Options -> Security “Enable untrusted intranet zone access to Project server” to “Disabled”.