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Exchange Attachment filtering must remove undesirable attachments by file type.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-221239EX16-ED-000400SV-221239r961161_ruleCCI-001308medium
Description
By performing filtering at the perimeter, up to 90 percent of spam, malware, and other undesirable messages are eliminated from the message stream rather than admitting them into the mail server environment. Attachments are being used more frequently for different forms of attacks. By filtering undesirable attachments, a large percent of malicious code can be prevented from entering the system. Attachments must be controlled at the entry point into the email environment to prevent successful attachment-based attacks. The following is a basic list of known attachments that should be filtered from Internet mail attachments: *.ade *.crt *.jse *.msi *.scr *.wsh *.dir *.adp *.csh *.ksh *.msp *.sct *.htm *.dcr *.app *.exe *.lnk *.mst *.shb *.html *.plg *.asx *.fxp *.mda *.ops *.shs *.htc *.spl *.bas *.hlp *.mdb *.pcd *.url *.mht *.swf *.bat *.hta *.mde *.pif *.vb *.mhtml *.zip *.chm *.inf *.mdt *.prf *.vbe *.shtm *.cmd *.ins *.mdw *.prg *.vbs *.shtml *.com *.isp *.mdz *.reg *.wsc *.stm *.cpl *.js *.msc *.scf *.wsf *.xml
STIGDate
Microsoft Exchange 2016 Edge Transport Server Security Technical Implementation Guide2024-12-06

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 3 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

END-08.2Automatic Spam and Phishing Protection Updates
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

SI-8(2)Automatic Updates
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-001308
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-221239r961161_chk)

Note: If third-party anti-spam product is being used, the anti-spam product must be configured to meet the requirement. Review the Email Domain Security Plan (EDSP). Determine the list of undesirable attachment types that should be stripped. Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command: Get-AttachmentFilterEntry For each attachment type, if the values returned are different from the EDSP documented attachment types, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-22943r411844_fix)

Update the EDSP to reflect the list of undesirable attachment types that should be stripped. Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command: Add-AttachmentFilterEntry -Name <'*.FileExtension'> -Type FileName Repeat the procedure for each undesirable attachment type.