Title

Opening behavior for Email forms containing code or scripts must be controlled. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

InfoPath notifies and prompts users before opening InfoPath email forms that contain code or script. If this restriction is relaxed, InfoPath will open email 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 InfoPath 2013 -> InfoPath e-mail forms "Control behavior when opening InfoPath e-mail forms containing code or script" must be set to "Enabled (Prompt before running)". Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\InfoPath\security Criteria: If the value EMailFormsRunCodeAndScript is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft InfoPath 2013 -> InfoPath e-mail forms "Control behavior when opening InfoPath e-mail forms containing code or script" to "Enabled (Prompt before running)".

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-53362r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-17580

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

Expert Comments

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