OpenControls Logo

STIG Viewer

STIGViewer Support

Protection from zone elevation must be enabled in all Office programs.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-223304O365-CO-000022SV-223304r960921_ruleCCI-001695medium
Description
Internet Explorer places restrictions on each web page users can use the browser to open. Web pages on a user's local computer have the fewest security restrictions and reside in the Local Machine zone, making this security zone a prime target for malicious users and code. Disabling or not configuring this setting could allow pages in the Internet zone to navigate to pages in the Local Machine zone to then run code to elevate privileges. This could allow malicious code or users to become active on user computers or the network.
STIGDate
Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-02-12

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (2) 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-10Mobile Code
0.50
NET-18DNS & Content Filtering
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (4) 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.

SC-18(1)Identify Unacceptable Code and Take Corrective Actions
1.00
SC-18(3)Prevent Downloading and Execution
1.00
SC-18(4)Prevent Automatic Execution
1.00
SC-39Process Isolation
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-001695
1.00
NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 4 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.

DE.CM-03
0.50

Details

Check Text (C-223304r960921_chk)

Verify the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2016 (Machine) >> Security Settings >> IE Security >> Protection from Zone Elevation 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_zone_elevation If the value for all installed programs is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-24965r442132_fix)

Set the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2016 (Machine) >> Security Settings >> IE Security >> Protection from Zone Elevation to "Enabled" and select the check boxes for all installed Office programs.