Title

Control Forms Opening behavior for EMail forms containing code or scripts - InfoPath. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

By default, InfoPath 2007 notifies and prompts users before opening InfoPath e-mail forms that contain code or script. If this restriction is relaxed, InfoPath will open e-mail forms that contain code or script without prompting users, which could allow malicious code to run on the users' computers.

Check Content

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 -> InfoPath e-mail forms “Control behavior when opening InfoPath e-mail forms containing code or script” will be set to “Enabled (Prompt before running)”. 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 EMailFormsRunCodeAndScript is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 -> InfoPath e-mail forms “Control behavior when opening InfoPath e-mail forms containing code or script” will be set to “Enabled (Prompt before running)”.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-18699r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-17580

Group Title: DTOO167 - Forms Opening behavior - EMail /w code

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