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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-40892	DTOO346	SV-53234r1_rule		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, such as passwords and user names.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Project 2013 STIG	2018-04-04

Details

Check Text ( C-47541r1_chk )
Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Project 2013 -> Project Options -> Security "Enable untrusted intranet zone access to Project server" is set to "Disabled". Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\ms project\security Criteria: If the value TrustWSS is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-47541r1_chk )

Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Project 2013 -> Project Options -> Security "Enable untrusted intranet zone access to Project server" is set to "Disabled".

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

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\ms project\security

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

Fix Text (F-46161r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Project 2013 -> Project Options -> Security "Enable untrusted intranet zone access to Project server" to "Disabled".