SV-221587r960879: Prompt for download location must be enabled. | Google Chrome Current Windows STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Prompt for download location must be enabled.

Description

Discussion Text

If the policy is enabled, the user will be asked where to save each file before downloading. If the policy is disabled, downloads will start immediately, and the user will not be asked where to save the file. If the policy is not configured, the user will be able to change this setting.

How this relates to the STIG checklist: STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000169SV-94633V-79929

References

DPMS Target Google Chrome Current Windows DISA DPMS Target Google Chrome Current Windows 4081

Checks

DISA STIG (Manual Reference)

Universal method:
1. In the omnibox (address bar) type chrome:// policy
2. If "PromptForDownloadLocation" is not displayed under the "Policy Name" column or it is not set to "true" under the "Policy Value" column, then this is a finding.
Windows method:
1. Start regedit
2. Navigate to HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\
3. If the "PromptForDownloadLocation" value name does not exist or its value data is not set to "1", this is a finding.

SCC Automation Reference

The reconstructed evaluation script behind this rule's OVAL check(s) — every module a compound check combines, with this rule's own concrete values and DISA's SCC tool's real per-module mechanism curated from static teardown of SCC releases.

# Windows PowerShell
# Reconstructed from oval:mil.disa.stig.chrome:def:640053
# Prompt for download location must be enabled.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Registry check
# registry_object (registry_test)
function test_1 {
  return (((@{String='reg_sz';ExpandString='reg_expand_sz';Binary='reg_binary';DWord='reg_dword';MultiString='reg_multi_sz';QWord='reg_qword';None='reg_none'}[(Get-Item -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome').GetValueKind('PromptForDownloadLocation').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome' -Name 'PromptForDownloadLocation' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'PromptForDownloadLocation') -eq '1'))
}

if (test_1) {
  Write-Output "PASS"
} else {
  Write-Output "FAIL"
}

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.chrome:def:640053
$regPath = "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome"
$regKey = "PromptForDownloadLocation"
if (Test-Path $regPath -and (Get-ItemProperty -Path $regPath -Name $regKey -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).$regKey -eq 1) { Write-Output "PASS"; Exit 0 } else { Write-Output "FAIL"; Exit 1 }

Remediation

Windows group policy:
1. Open the group policy editor tool with gpedit.msc
2. Navigate to Policy Path:  Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Google\Google Chrome\
 Policy Name: Ask where to save each file before downloading
 Policy State:  Enabled
 Policy Value: N/A