STIGUI
V-70925CAT II — Medium severitySV-85549r1_rule

Enabling IE Bind to Object functionality must be present.

Rule version DTOO111 · STIG v1 · 2016-11-02

Discussion

Internet Explorer performs a number of safety checks before initializing an ActiveX control. It will not initialize a control if the kill bit for the control is set in the registry, or if the security settings for the zone in which the control is located do not allow it to be initialized. This functionality can be controlled separately for instances of Internet Explorer spawned by Office applications (for example, if a user clicks a link in an Office document or selects a menu option that loads a web page). A security risk could occur if potentially dangerous controls are allowed to load.

Check

Verify the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2016 (Machine) -> Security Settings -> IE Security "Bind to Object" is set to "Enabled" and 'msaccess.exe' is checked.

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

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_SAFE_BINDTOOBJECT

Criteria: If the value msaccess.exe is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix

Set the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2016 (Machine) -> Security Settings -> IE Security "Bind to Object" to "Enabled" and place a check in the 'msaccess.exe' check box.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-70925
Group title
SRG-APP-000112
Rule ID
SV-85549r1_rule
Check ID
C-71353r4_chk
Fix ID
F-77257r1_fix