Windows Vista Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V6 · R42

CurrentPublished Fri Apr 28 2017

Indexing of mail items in Exchange folders when Outlook is running in uncached mode must be turned off.

Windows Vista Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

Indexing of mail items in Exchange folders when Outlook is running in uncached mode must be turned off.

Description

Discussion Text

Indexing of encrypted items may expose sensitive data. This setting prevents mail items in a Microsoft Exchange folder from being indexed when Outlook is running in uncached mode.

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Objective

V-15712

Rule

SV-16651r2_rule

Severity

low

Rule Version

5.233

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

If Outlook is not installed on the system, this is NA.
If Outlook is installed on the system and the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding:

Registry Hive:  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path:  \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\

Value Name:  PreventIndexingUncachedExchangeFolders

Type:  REG_DWORD
Value:  1

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

If Outlook is not installed on the system, this is NA.
If Outlook is installed on the system, configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Search -> "Enable indexing uncached Exchange folders" to "Disabled".

STIG check 127 of 251 in the Windows Vista STIG checklist

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