Details

InfoPath e-mail forms can be designed by an internal attacker and sent over the local intranet, and users might fill out such forms and provide sensitive information to the attacker. By default, forms that originate from the local intranet can be opened.

Solution

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft InfoPath 2010 -> InfoPath e-mail forms ‘Disable e-mail forms from the Intranet security zone’ to ‘Enabled’.

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-001170
• Rule-ID|SV-34111r1_rule
• STIG-ID|DTOO294
• Vuln-ID|V-26618

Source

• Tenable.com/audits