Enabling outdated ActiveX controls for Internet Explorer must be blocked.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-223049	SRG-APP-000141	DTBI1110-IE11	SV-223049r879587_rule	2023-12-01	2

Description
This feature keeps ActiveX controls up to date and helps make them safer to use in Internet Explorer. Many ActiveX controls are not automatically updated as new versions are released. It is very important to keep ActiveX controls up to date because malicious or compromised webpages can target security flaws in out-of-date ActiveX controls.

ℹ️ Check
In the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Internet Explorer >> Security Features >> Add-on Management, verify "Turn off blocking of outdated ActiveX controls for Internet Explorer" is set to “Disabled”. Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Ext If the value "VersionCheckEnabled" is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

ℹ️ Check

In the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Internet Explorer >> Security Features >> Add-on Management, verify "Turn off blocking of outdated ActiveX controls for Internet Explorer" is set to “Disabled”. Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Ext If the value "VersionCheckEnabled" is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

✔️ Fix
In the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Internet Explorer >> Security Features >> Add-on Management, set "Turn off blocking of outdated ActiveX controls for Internet Explorer" to "Disabled".