STIGUI
V-228461CAT II — Medium severitySV-228461r508021_rule

IE Trusted Zones assumed trusted must be blocked.

Rule version DTOO273 · STIG v2 · 2022-03-11

Discussion

This policy setting controls whether pictures from sites in the Trusted Sites security zone are automatically downloaded in Outlook e-mail messages and other items. If you enable this policy setting, Outlook does not automatically download content from Web sites in the Trusted sites zone in Internet Explorer. Recipients can choose to download external content on a message-by-message basis. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Outlook automatically downloads content from Web sites in the Trusted sites zone in Internet Explorer.

Check

Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2016 -> Security -> Automatic Picture Download Settings "Block Trusted Zones" is set to "Enabled".

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

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\outlook\options\mail

Criteria: If the value TrustedZone is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Fix

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2016 -> Security -> Automatic Picture Download Settings "Block Trusted Zones" to "Enabled".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-228461
Group title
SRG-APP-000516
Rule ID
SV-228461r508021_rule
Check ID
C-30694r497705_chk
Fix ID
F-30679r497706_fix