Details
Office 2010 applications do not check the digital signature on application add-ins before opening them. Disabling or not configuring this setting may allow an application to load a dangerous add-in. As a result, malicious code could become active on user computers or the network.
Solution
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft InfoPath 2010 -> Security -> Trust Center 'Require that application add-ins are signed by Trusted Publisher' to 'Enabled'.
Supportive Information
The following resource is also helpful.
This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.
References
- 800-53|CM-5(3)
- CAT|II
- CCI|CCI-001749
- Rule-ID|SV-33851r1_rule
- STIG-ID|DTOO127
- Vuln-ID|V-26589
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