Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V1 · R15

CurrentPublished Fri Jan 22 2016

The installed version of IE must be a supported version.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The installed version of IE must be a supported version.

Description

Discussion Text

Unsupported versions are no longer being evaluated or updated for security related issues.

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Objective

V-64785

Rule

SV-79275r1_rule

Severity

high

Rule Version

DTBI002 - IE9

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Procedure: Open Internet Explorer >> Select Help >> Select About.

Criteria: Internet Explorer 9 is only supported on Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2. If the version number of Internet Explorer is any version of Internet Explorer 9, the Operating System in use must be Windows Vista SP2 or Windows Server 2008 SP2.

If Internet Explorer 9 is used on any other Operating System, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Upgrade Internet Explorer to a supported software version.

STIG check 134 of 135 in the Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 STIG checklist

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