Microsoft ActiveX controls allow unmanaged, unprotected code to run on the user computers. Web pages on a user's local computer have the fewest security restrictions and reside in the Local Machine.ĪctiveX Installs must be configured for proper restriction. Internet Explorer places restrictions on each web page users can use the browser to open. Protection from zone elevation must be enforced. Malicious websites often try to confuse or trick users into giving a site permission to perform an action allowing the site to take control of the users' computers in some manner. Scripted Window Security must be enforced.
User preferences may also allow the download to occur. Disabling or not configuring.įile Downloads must be configured for proper restrictions.ĭisabling this setting allows websites to present file download prompts via code without the user specifically initiating the download. Rogue add-ons may contain viruses or other malicious code. Internet Explorer add-ons are pieces of code, run in Internet Explorer, to provide additional functionality.
If an application is configured to require all add-ins to be signed by a trusted publisher, any unsigned add-ins the application loads will be disabled and the application will display the Trust.Īdd-on Management functionality must be allowed. Trust Bar Notifications for unsigned application add-ins must be blocked. Disabling or not configuring this setting may allow an application to load a dangerous. Office 2013 applications do not check the digital signature on application add-ins before opening them. As a result, malicious code could become active on user computers or the.Īdd-ins to Office applications must be signed by a Trusted Publisher. Untrusted intranet zone access to Project servers must not be allowed.Įnabling this setting allows users to access Project server websites and workspaces outside of the trusted Internet zone. When users open files containing VBA macros, applications open the files with the macros disabled and displays the Trust Bar with a warning that macros are present and have been disabled. Warning Bar settings for VBA macros must be configured. Typically, when Internet Explorer loads a web page from a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) share that contains a Mark of the Web (MOTW) comment, indicating the page was saved from a site on the. The Saved from URL mark must be selected to enforce Internet zone processing. It will not initialize a control if the kill bit for the control is set in the registry, or if the. Internet Explorer performs a number of safety checks before initializing an ActiveX control.
The Internet Explorer Bind to Object functionality must be enabled. The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) standard allows user authentication to be included in URL strings in the form A malicious user might use this URL syntax to.
This functionality can be controlled separately for instances of Internet Explorer spawned by.ĭisabling of user name and password syntax from being used in URLs must be enforced. To protect users from attacks, Internet Explorer usually does not attempt to load malformed URLs. Navigation to URLs embedded in Office products must be blocked. This functionality can be controlled separately for instances of.
The Pop-up Blocker feature in Internet Explorer can be used to block most unwanted pop-up and pop-under windows from appearing. Links that invoke instances of Internet Explorer from within an Office product must be blocked. Findings (MAC II - Mission Support Public) Finding ID