Microsoft Outlook 2010 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V1 · R14

CurrentPublished Thu Jan 30 2025

Active X One-Off forms must be configured.

Microsoft Outlook 2010 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

Active X One-Off forms must be configured.

Description

Discussion Text

Third-party ActiveX controls are not allowed to run in one-off forms in Outlook. You can change this behavior so that Safe Controls (Microsoft Forms 2.0 controls and the Outlook Recipient and Body controls) are allowed in one-off forms, or so that all ActiveX controls are allowed to run.

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Objective

V-242053

Rule

SV-242053r961092_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

DTOO234 - Outlook

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2010 -> Security "Allow Active X One Off Forms" must be set to "Enabled: Load only Outlook Controls".

Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: 

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\outlook\security

Criteria: If the value AllowActiveXOneOffForms is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2010 -> Security "Allow Active X One Off Forms" to "Enabled: Load only Outlook Controls".

STIG check 31 of 85 in the Microsoft Outlook 2010 STIG checklist

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