Title

InfoPath 2003 forms as email forms in InfoPath 2013 must be disallowed. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

An attacker might target InfoPath 2003 forms to try and compromise an organization's security. InfoPath 2003 did not write a published location for email forms, which means forms could open without a corresponding published location. By default, InfoPath sends all forms via email using InfoPath email forms integration, including forms created using the InfoPath 2003 file format.

Check Content

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft InfoPath 2013 -> InfoPath e-mail forms "Disable sending InfoPath 2003 Forms as e-mail forms" must be set to "Enabled". Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\InfoPath Criteria: If the value DisableInfoPath2003EmailForms 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 "Disable sending InfoPath 2003 Forms as e-mail forms" to "Enabled".

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-53379r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-17668

Group Title: DTOO170 - 2003 forms as email

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