Title

Disable sending the form template with the eMail form in InfoPath. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

By default, InfoPath 2007 allows users to attach form templates when sending e-mail forms. If users are able to open form templates included with e-mail forms, rather than using a cached version that is previously published, an attacker could send a malicious form template with the e-mail form in an attempt to gain access to sensitive information. Note The form template is only opened directly if the form opens with a restricted security level. Otherwise the attachment is actually a link to the published location.

Check Content

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 -> InfoPath e-mail forms “Disable sending form template with e-mail forms” 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\Deployment Criteria: If the value MailXSNwithXML is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 -> InfoPath e-mail forms “Disable sending form template with e-mail forms” will be set to “Enabled”.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-18830r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-17667

Group Title: DTOO168 - Sending templates with email form

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