The Internet Fax Feature must be disabled.

From Microsoft Office System 2013 STIG

SV-52747r2_rule The Internet Fax Feature must be disabled.

Vulnerability discussion

Excel, PowerPoint, and Word users can use the Internet Fax feature to send documents to fax recipients through an Internet fax service provider. If your organization has policies that govern the time, place, or manner in which faxes are sent, this feature could help users evade those policies.By default, Office users can use the Internet Fax feature.

Check content

Verify the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2013 >> Services >> Fax "Disable Internet Fax feature" to "Enabled". Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following hive: HKEY_Users For every users profile hive under HKEY_Users, navigate to the following key: \Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\common\services\fax If the value “NoFax” is REG_DWORD = 1 for every user profile hive, this is not a finding.

Fix text

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2013 -> Services -> Fax "Disable Internet Fax feature" to "Enabled"

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