Security: System must preserve zone information when saving attachments

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Attachments from outside sources may contain malicious code. Preserving zone of origin (Internet, intranet, local, restricted) information on file attachments allows Windows to determine risk.

Remediation

The default behavior is for Windows to mark file attachments with their zone information.

If this need to be corrected, configure the policy value for
User Configuration
|_ Administrative Templates
|_ Windows Components
|_ Attachment Manager
|_ Do not preserve zone information in file attachments to "Not Configured" or "Disabled".

STIG: Server
2022: https://system32.eventsentry.com/stig/viewer/V-254490
2019: https://system32.eventsentry.com/stig/viewer/V-205924
2016: https://system32.eventsentry.com/stig/viewer/V-225069

Desktop
W11: https://system32.eventsentry.com/stig/viewer/V-253478
W10: https://system32.eventsentry.com/stig/viewer/V-220955

NIST 800-53 : CM-6, SI-3, SI-4
NIST 800-171: 3.4.6, 3.14.2
CMMC v2.0 L2: CM.L2-3.4.6, SI.L2-3.14.2
PCI-DSS v4.0: 2.2.1
HIPAA SR :
HIPAA HICP : Practice 2 (Endpoint Protection)