STIGUI
V-223067CAT II — Medium severitySV-223067r879642_rule

Userdata persistence must be disallowed (Restricted Sites zone).

Rule version DTBI132-IE11 · STIG v2 · 2023-12-01

Discussion

Userdata persistence must have a level of protection based upon the site being accessed. This policy setting allows you to manage the preservation of information in the browser's history, in Favorites, in an XML store, or directly within a web page saved to disk. When a user returns to a persisted page, the state of the page can be restored if this policy setting is not appropriately configured.

Check

The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Internet Control Panel -> Security Page -> Restricted Sites Zone -> 'Userdata persistence' 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\4 Criteria: If the value "1606" 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 -> Restricted Sites Zone -> 'Userdata persistence' to 'Enabled', and select 'Disable' from the drop-down box

Identifiers

Group ID
V-223067
Group title
SRG-APP-000231
Rule ID
SV-223067r879642_rule
Check ID
C-24740r428751_chk
Fix ID
F-24728r428752_fix