Automatically downloading enclosures on RSS must be disallowed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-228472	DTOO313	SV-228472r508021_rule		Medium

Description

This policy setting allows you to control whether Outlook automatically downloads enclosures on RSS items. If you enable this policy setting, Outlook will automatically download enclosures on RSS items. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, enclosures on RSS items are not downloaded by default.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Outlook 2016 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-03-11

Details

Check Text (C-30705r497738_chk)

Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2016 -> Account Settings -> RSS Feeds "Automatically download enclosures" is set to "Disabled".

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

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\outlook\options\rss

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

Fix Text (F-30690r497739_fix)

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2016 -> Account Settings -> RSS Feeds "Automatically download enclosures" to "Disabled".