Title

Publishing to a Web Distributed and Authoring (DAV) server must be prevented. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

This policy setting controls whether Outlook users can publish their calendars to a DAV server. If you enable this policy setting, Outlook users cannot publish their calendars to a DAV server. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Outlook users can share their calendars with others by publishing them to a server that supports the World Wide Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) protocol.

Check Content

Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2016 -> Outlook Options -> Preferences -> Calendar Options -> Office.com Sharing Service "Prevent publishing to a DAV server" is set to "Enabled". Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\outlook\options\pubcal Criteria: If the value DisableDav is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2016 -> Outlook Options -> Preferences -> Calendar Options -> Office.com Sharing Service "Prevent publishing to a DAV server" to "Enabled".

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-228430r508021_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-228430

Group Title: SRG-APP-000516

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