Details

Unsafe hyperlinks are links that might pose a security risk if users click them. Clicking an unsafe link could compromise the security of sensitive information or harm the computer.

Links that Office considers unsafe include links to executable files, TIFF files, and Microsoft Document Imaging (MDI) files. Other unsafe links are those using protocols considered to be unsafe, including msn, nntp, mms, outlook, and stssync.

Solution

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2013 -> Security Settings ‘Suppress hyperlink warnings’ to ‘Disabled’.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_OfficeSystem_2013_V2R1_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-228558r508020_rule
• STIG-ID|DTOO194
• STIG-Legacy|SV-52731
• STIG-Legacy|V-17659
• Vuln-ID|V-228558

Source

• Tenable.com/audits