Title

Turn off page transitions is not enabled. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

This policy setting specifies if, as you move from one Web page to another, Internet Explorer fades out of the page you are leaving and fades into the page to which you are going. If you enable this policy setting, page transitions will be turned off. The user cannot change this behavior. If you disable this policy setting, page transitions will be turned on. The user cannot change this behavior. If you do not configure this policy setting, the user can turn on or off page transitions.

Check Content

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Internet Settings -> Advanced Settings -> Browsing -> "Turn off page transitions" will be set to “Enabled”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main Criteria: If the value Page_Transitions is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Internet Settings -> Advanced Settings -> Browsing -> "Turn off page transitions" will be set to “Enabled”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main Criteria: Set the value Page_Transitions to REG_DWORD = 0.

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Vulnerability ID: V-15580

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