Details

To protect users from attacks, Internet Explorer usually does not attempt to load malformed URLs. This functionality can be controlled separately for instances of Internet Explorer spawned by Office applications (for example, if a user clicks a link in an Office document or selects a menu option that loads a web page). If Internet Explorer attempts to load a malformed URL, a security risk could occur.

Solution

Set the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2016 (Machine) -> Security Settings -> IE Security ‘Navigate URL’ to ‘Enabled’ and place a check in the ‘msaccess.exe’ check box.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_Microsoft_Access_2016_V1R1_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
• CSCv6|3.1
• Rule-ID|SV-85553r1_rule
• STIG-ID|DTOO123
• Vuln-ID|V-70929

Source

• Tenable.com/audits