STIGUI
V-223139CAT II — Medium severitySV-223139r879887_rule

Security Warning for unsafe files must be disallowed (Restricted Sites zone).

Rule version DTBI870-IE11 · STIG v2 · 2023-12-01

Discussion

This policy setting controls whether or not the 'Open File - Security Warning' message appears when the user tries to open executable files or other potentially unsafe files (from an intranet file shared by using Windows Explorer, for example). If you enable this policy setting and set the drop-down box to "Enable", these files open without a security warning. If you set the drop-down box to "Prompt", a security warning appears before the files open. If you disable this policy these files do not open. If you do not configure this policy setting, the user can configure how the computer handles these files.

Check

The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Internet Control Panel -> Security Page -> Restricted Sites Zone -> 'Show security warning for potentially unsafe 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\4 Criteria: If the value "1806" 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 -> 'Show security warning for potentially unsafe files' to 'Enabled', and select 'Disable' from the drop-down box.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-223139
Group title
SRG-APP-000516
Rule ID
SV-223139r879887_rule
Check ID
C-24812r428967_chk
Fix ID
F-24800r428968_fix