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Severity |
Title |
Description |
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V-70953
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Medium |
Warning Bar settings for VBA macros must be configured.
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This policy setting controls how the specified applications warn users when Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros are present. If you enable this policy setting, you can choose from four options for determining how the specified applications will warn the user about macros: - Disable all with notification: The application... |
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V-70951
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Medium |
ActiveX Installs must be configured for proper restriction.
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Microsoft ActiveX controls allow unmanaged, unprotected code to run on the user computers. ActiveX controls do not run within a protected container in the browser like the other types of HTML or Microsoft Silverlight-based controls. Disabling or not configuring this setting does not block prompts for ActiveX control installations, and... |
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V-70949
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Medium |
Protection from zone elevation must be enforced.
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Internet Explorer places restrictions on each web page users can use the browser to open. Web pages on a user's local computer have the fewest security restrictions and reside in the Local Machine zone, making this security zone a prime target for malicious users and code. Disabling or not configuring... |
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V-70947
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Medium |
The Save commands default file format must be configured.
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This policy setting controls whether new database files are created in the new Access format or in a format used by earlier versions of Access. If you enable this policy setting, you can specify whether new database files are created in Access 2016 format by default or in Access 2002--2003... |
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V-70945
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Medium |
Database functionality configurations must be displayed to the user.
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This policy setting controls how Access notifies users about untrusted components. If you enable this policy setting, when users attempt to open an untrusted Access database that contains user-programmed executable components, users see a dialog box where they then must choose whether to enable or disable the components before they... |
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V-70943
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Medium |
File Downloads must be configured for proper restrictions.
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Disabling this setting allows websites to present file download prompts via code without the user specifically initiating the download. User preferences may also allow the download to occur without prompting or interaction with the user. Even if Internet Explorer prompts the user to accept the download, some websites abuse this... |
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V-70941
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Medium |
Trust Bar Notifications for unsigned application add-ins must be blocked.
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This policy setting controls whether the specified Office application notifies users when unsigned application add-ins are loaded or silently disable such add-ins without notification. This policy setting only applies if you enable the "Require that application add-ins are signed by Trusted Publisher" policy setting, which prevents users from changing this... |
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V-70939
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Medium |
The configuration for enabling of hyperlinks must be enforced.
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This policy setting controls whether hyperlinks in Access tables, queries, forms, and reports are underlined. If you enable this policy setting, Access underlines all hyperlinks in tables, queries, forms, and reports when they are created, overriding any configuration changes on the users' computers. If you disable this policy setting, Access... |
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V-70937
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Medium |
Links that invoke instances of Internet Explorer from within an Office product must be blocked.
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The Pop-up Blocker feature in Internet Explorer can be used to block most unwanted pop-up and pop-under windows from appearing. This functionality can be controlled separately for instances of Internet Explorer spawned by Office applications (for example, if a user clicks a link in an Office document or selects a... |
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V-70935
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Medium |
Add-ins to Office applications must be signed by a Trusted Publisher.
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This policy setting controls whether add-ins for this applications must be digitally signed by a trusted publisher. If you enable this policy setting, this application checks the digital signature for each add-in before loading it. If an add-in does not have a digital signature, or if the signature did not... |
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V-70933
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Medium |
Add-on Management functionality must be allowed.
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Internet Explorer add-ons are pieces of code, run in Internet Explorer, to provide additional functionality. Rogue add-ons may contain viruses or other malicious code. Disabling or not configuring this setting could allow malicious code or users to become active on user computers or the network. For example, a malicious user... |
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V-70931
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Medium |
Scripted Window Security must be enforced.
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Malicious websites often try to confuse or trick users into giving a site permission to perform an action allowing the site to take control of the users' computers in some manner. Disabling or not configuring this setting allows unknown websites to:
-Create browser windows appearing to be from the local... |
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V-70929
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Medium |
Navigation to URLs embedded in Office products must be blocked.
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To protect users from attacks, Internet Explorer usually does not attempt to load malformed URLs. This functionality can be controlled separately for instances of Internet Explorer spawned by Office applications (for example, if a user clicks a link in an Office document or selects a menu option that loads a... |
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V-70927
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Medium |
Saved from URL mark to assure Internet zone processing must be enforced.
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Typically, when Internet Explorer loads a web page from a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) share that contains a Mark of the Web (MOTW) comment, indicating the page was saved from a site on the Internet, Internet Explorer runs the page in the Internet security zone instead of the less restrictive... |
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V-70925
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Medium |
Enabling IE Bind to Object functionality must be present.
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Internet Explorer performs a number of safety checks before initializing an ActiveX control. It will not initialize a control if the kill bit for the control is set in the registry, or if the security settings for the zone in which the control is located do not allow it to... |
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V-70907
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Medium |
Disabling of user name and password syntax from being used in URLs must be enforced.
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The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) standard allows user authentication to be included in URL strings in the form http://username:password@example.com. A malicious user might use this URL syntax to create a hyperlink that appears to open a legitimate website but actually opens a deceptive (spoofed) website. For example, the URL http://www.wingtiptoys.com@example.com... |
