SV-223023r960963: Launching programs and files in IFRAME must be disallowed (Internet zone). | Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Launching programs and files in IFRAME must be disallowed (Internet zone).

Description

Discussion Text

This policy setting allows you to manage whether applications may be run and files may be downloaded from an IFRAME reference in the HTML of the pages in this zone. Launching of programs in IFRAME must have a level of protection based upon the site being accessed. If you enable this policy setting, applications can run and files can be downloaded from IFRAMEs on the pages in this zone without user intervention. If you disable this setting, users are prevented from running applications and downloading files from IFRAMEs on the pages in this zone.

How this relates to the STIG checklist: STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000381SV-59377V-46513

References

DPMS Target Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 DISA DPMS Target Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 4095

Checks

OVAL

oval:mil.disa.fso.ie:var:42900 ← xccdf_mil.disa.stig_value_LaunchingApplicationsAndFilesInIFRAME_InternetZone_LocalComputer_var

SCC Automation Reference

The reconstructed evaluation script behind this rule's OVAL check(s) — every module a compound check combines, with this rule's own concrete values and DISA's SCC tool's real per-module mechanism curated from static teardown of SCC releases.

# Windows PowerShell
# Reconstructed from oval:mil.disa.fso.ie:def:429
# Launching programs and files in IFRAME must be disallowed (Internet zone).
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Computer Configuration\Network\Internet Explorer\Internet Control Panel\Security Page\Internet Zone\Launching applications and files in an IFRAME
# registry_object (registry_test)
function test_1 {
  return (((@{String='reg_sz';ExpandString='reg_expand_sz';Binary='reg_binary';DWord='reg_dword';MultiString='reg_multi_sz';QWord='reg_qword';None='reg_none'}[(Get-Item -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3').GetValueKind('1804').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3' -Name '1804' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty '1804') -eq 3))
}

if (test_1) {
  Write-Output "PASS"
} else {
  Write-Output "FAIL"
}

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Syntax-checked as valid PowerShell. Not executed here — running it for real needs the actual ms_ie11 target this check assesses.

# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.fso.ie:def:429
$regPath = "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3\1804"
if (Test-Path $regPath) {
    $regValue = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $regPath).Value
    if ($regValue -eq 3) {
        Write-Output "PASS"; exit 0
    }
}
Write-Output "FAIL"; exit 1

Remediation

Set the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Internet Control Panel -> Security Page -> Internet Zone -> 'Launching applications and files in an IFRAME' to 'Enabled', and select 'Disable' from the drop-down box.