Title

Check e-mail addresses against addresses of certificates being used must be disallowed. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

This policy setting controls whether Outlook verifies the user's e-mail address with the address associated with the certificate used for signing. If you enable this policy setting, users can send messages signed with certificates that do not match their e-mail addresses. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Outlook verifies that the user's e-mail address matches the certificate being used for signing.

Check Content

Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2016 -> Security -> Cryptography "Do not check e-mail address against address of certificates being used" is set to "Enabled". Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\outlook\security Criteria: If the value SupressNameChecks is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2016 -> Security -> Cryptography "Do not check e-mail address against address of certificates being used" to "Enabled".

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-228476r508021_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-228476

Group Title: SRG-APP-000516

Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.