Title

Office 2003 Customer Experience Improvement Program (Cat II impact)

Discussion

When sending data as part of the Customer Experience Improvement Program there is a possibility of exposing sensitive data.

Check Content

Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key for Office 2003 HKCU HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Common Look for the QMEnable value. Criteria: For Office 2003, if the data for QMEnable value entry is not 0 or the key is not found, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key for Office 2003 HKCU HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Common Look for the QMEnable value. Criteria: For Office 2003, ensure that the QMEnable value entry present and set to 0.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-13346r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-12781

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Expert Comments

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