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V-223301

CAT II (Medium)

The MIME Sniffing safety feature must be enabled in all Office programs.

Rule ID

SV-223301r961050_rule

STIG

Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R5

CCIs

CCI-000803

Discussion

Encryption is only as good as the encryption modules utilized. Unapproved cryptographic module algorithms cannot be verified and cannot be relied upon to provide confidentiality or integrity, and DoD data may be compromised due to weak algorithms. The use of TLS provides confidentiality of data in transit between the application server and client. FIPS 140-2 approved TLS versions include TLS V1.0 or greater. TLS must be enabled and non-FIPS-approved SSL versions must be disabled. NIST SP 800-52 specifies the preferred configurations for government systems.

Check Content

Verify the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2016 (Machine) >> Security Settings >> IE Security >> Mime Sniffing Safety Feature is set to "Enabled" and the check box is selected for every installed Office program.

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

HKLM\software\microsoft\internet explorer\main\featurecontrol\feature_mime_sniffing

If the value for all installed Office Programs is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

Set the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2016 (Machine) >> Security Settings >> IE Security >> Mime Sniffing Safety Feature to "Enabled" for all installed Office programs.