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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 2014-01-07

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.
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”.