STIGUI
V-223349CAT II — Medium severitySV-223349r961092_rule

Scripts associated with shared folders must be prevented from execution in Outlook.

Rule version O365-OU-000004 · STIG v3 · 2026-02-12

Discussion

This policy setting controls whether Outlook executes scripts associated with custom forms or folder home pages for shared folders.

Check

Verify the policy for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Outlook 2016 >> Outlook Options >> Other >> Advanced >> Do not allow Outlook object model scripts to run for shared folders is set to "Enabled".

Use the Windows Registry to navigate to the following key:

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\security

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

Fix

Set the policy for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Outlook 2016 >> Outlook Options >> Other >> Advanced >> Do not allow Outlook object model scripts to run for shared folders to "Enabled".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-223349
Group title
SRG-APP-000210
Rule ID
SV-223349r961092_rule
Check ID
C-25022r744258_chk
Fix ID
F-25010r442267_fix