STIGQter: STIG Summary: Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

Files dragged from an Outlook e-mail to the file system must be created in ANSI format.

DISA Rule

SV-223350r508019_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-223350

Group Title

SRG-APP-000516

Rule Version

O365-OU-000005

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000366 - The organization implements the security configuration settings.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Set the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Outlook 2016 >> Outlook Options >> Other >> Advanced >> Use Unicode format when dragging e-mail message to file system to "Disabled".

Check Contents

Verify the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Outlook 2016 >> Outlook Options >> Other >> Advanced >> Use Unicode format when dragging e-mail message to file system is set to "Disabled".

Use the Windows Registry to navigate to the following key:

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\options\general

If the value for msgformat is set to REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-223350

Documentable

False

Rule Version

O365-OU-000005

Severity Override Guidance

Verify the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Outlook 2016 >> Outlook Options >> Other >> Advanced >> Use Unicode format when dragging e-mail message to file system is set to "Disabled".

Use the Windows Registry to navigate to the following key:

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\options\general

If the value for msgformat is set to REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4099

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