Details
InfoPath caches form templates when they are attached to a mail item recognized as an InfoPath e-mail form. When users fill out forms running with a restricted security level, InfoPath uses the cached version of the mailed template, rather than any published version. To circumvent users filling out a published form, an attacker could e-mail an alternate version of the form, which would return the data to the sender as part of a phishing attack and could be used to gain access to confidential information.
Solution
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft InfoPath 2010 -> InfoPath e-mail forms ‘Disable dynamic caching of the form template in InfoPath e-mail forms’ to ‘Enabled’.
Supportive Information
The following resource is also helpful.
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-33629r1_rule
- STIG-ID|DTOO169
- Vuln-ID|V-17654