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V-283439

CAT II (Medium)

Spell checking provided by Microsoft Editor must be disabled.

Rule ID

SV-283439r1192850_rule

STIG

Microsoft Edge Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R5

CCIs

CCI-000381

Discussion

The Microsoft Editor service provides enhanced spell and grammar checking for editable text fields on web pages. If this policy is enabled or incorrectly configured, Microsoft Editor spell check can be used for eligible text fields. If you disable this policy, spell check can only be provided by local engines that use platform or Hunspell services. The results from these engines might be less informative than the results Microsoft Editor can provide.

Check Content

The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Spell checking provided by Microsoft Editor" must be set to "Disabled".

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge

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

Fix Text

Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Spell checking provided by Microsoft Editor" to "Disabled".