Title

Read EMail as plain text - Outlook. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Outlook 2007 can display e-mail messages and other items in three formats: plain text, Rich Text Format (RTF), and HTML. By default, Outlook displays e-mail messages in whatever format they were received in.

Check Content

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 -> Tools \ Options -> Preferences -> E-mail Options “Read e-mail as plain text” will be set to “Enabled”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Options\Mail Criteria: If the value ReadAsPlain is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 -> Tools \ Options -> Preferences -> E-mail Options “Read e-mail as plain text” will be set to “Enabled”.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-18978r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-17770

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