Details

InfoPath notifies and prompts users before opening InfoPath e-mail forms that contain code or script. If this restriction is relaxed, InfoPath will open e-mail forms that contain code or script without prompting users, which could allow malicious code to run on the users’ computers.

Solution

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft InfoPath 2010 -> InfoPath e-mail forms ‘Control behavior when opening InfoPath e-mail forms containing code or script’ to ‘Enabled (Prompt before running)’.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_InfoPath_2010_V1R11_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: System and Communications Protection.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.

References

• 800-53|SC-18(4)
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-002460
• Rule-ID|SV-33627r1_rule
• STIG-ID|DTOO167
• Vuln-ID|V-17580

Source

• Tenable.com/audits