Title

Disable opening of solutions from the Internet Security Zone - InfoPath. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Attackers could use InfoPath 2007 solutions published to Internet Web sites to try to obtain sensitive information from users. By default, users can open InfoPath solutions that do not contain managed code from sources located in the Internet security zone as defined in the Internet Options dialog box in Internet Explorer.

Check Content

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 -> Security -> “Disable opening of solutions from the Internet security zone” will be set to “Enabled”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\InfoPath\Security Criteria: If the value AllowInternetSolutions is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 -> Security -> “Disable opening of solutions from the Internet security zone” will be set to “Enabled”.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-18822r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-17663

Group Title: DTOO158 - Solutions from the Internet Zone

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