STIGUI
V-223022CAT II — Medium severitySV-223022r879587_rule

Functionality to drag and drop or copy and paste files must be disallowed (Internet zone).

Rule version DTBI036-IE11 · STIG v2 · 2023-12-01

Discussion

Content hosted on sites located in the Internet zone are likely to contain malicious payloads and therefore this feature should be blocked for this zone. Drag and drop or copy and paste files must have a level of protection based upon the site being accessed.

Check

The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Internet Control Panel -> Security Page -> Internet Zone -> 'Allow drag and drop or copy and paste files' must be 'Enabled', and 'Disable' selected from the drop-down box. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3 Criteria: If the value for "1802" is REG_DWORD = 3, this is not a finding.

Fix

Set the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Internet Control Panel -> Security Page -> Internet Zone -> 'Allow drag and drop or copy and paste files' to 'Enabled', and select 'Disable' from the drop-down box.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-223022
Group title
SRG-APP-000141
Rule ID
SV-223022r879587_rule
Check ID
C-24695r428616_chk
Fix ID
F-24683r428617_fix