Automatically downloading enclosures on RSS must be disallowed.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-228472	SRG-APP-000141	DTOO313	SV-228472r508021_rule	2022-03-11	2

Description
This policy setting allows you to control whether Outlook automatically downloads enclosures on RSS items. If you enable this policy setting, Outlook will automatically download enclosures on RSS items. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, enclosures on RSS items are not downloaded by default.

ℹ️ Check
Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2016 -> Account Settings -> RSS Feeds "Automatically download enclosures" is set to "Disabled". Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\outlook\options\rss Criteria: If the value EnableAttachments is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

ℹ️ Check

Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2016 -> Account Settings -> RSS Feeds "Automatically download enclosures" is set to "Disabled". Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\outlook\options\rss Criteria: If the value EnableAttachments is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

✔️ Fix
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2016 -> Account Settings -> RSS Feeds "Automatically download enclosures" to "Disabled".