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A form that is digitally signed must be displayed with a warning.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-26621 DTOO297 - InfoPath SV-34221r1_rule Medium
Description
This setting controls whether the user sees a dialog box when opening Microsoft InfoPath forms containing digitally signed content. By default, InfoPath shows the user a warning message when the form contains a digital signature.
STIG Date
Microsoft InfoPath 2010 2016-08-09

Details

Check Text ( C-34217r1_chk )
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft InfoPath 2010 -> Security “Display a warning that a form is digitally signed” must be set to “Enabled”.

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

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\infopath\security

Criteria: If the value SignatureWarning is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.
Fix Text (F-29908r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft InfoPath 2010 -> Security “Display a warning that a form is digitally signed” to “Enabled”.