The "remember password" for internet e-mail accounts must be disabled.

From Microsoft Outlook 2010 STIG

Part of DTOO237-Disable "remember password" on eMail Accts

Associated with: CCI-002007

SV-33524r1_rule The "remember password" for internet e-mail accounts must be disabled.

Vulnerability discussion

As a security precaution, password caching for eMail Internet protocols such as POP3 or IMAP may lead to password discovery and eventually to data loss. An attacker that is able to access the users' profile may be able to acquire these cached passwords, they could then use this information to compromise the users' email accounts and other systems that use the same credentials.

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The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2010 -> Security “Disable ‘Remember password’ for Internet e-mail accounts” must be set to “Enabled”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\outlook\security Criteria: If the value EnableRememberPwd is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Fix text

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2010 -> Security “Disable ‘Remember password’ for Internet e-mail accounts” to “Enabled”.

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