SV-221590r961083: Safe Browsing Extended Reporting must be disabled. | Google Chrome Current Windows STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Safe Browsing Extended Reporting must be disabled.

Description

Discussion Text

Enables Google Chrome's Safe Browsing Extended Reporting and prevents users from changing this setting. Extended Reporting sends some system information and page content to Google servers to help detect dangerous apps and sites. If the setting is set to "True", then reports will be created and sent whenever necessary (such as when a security interstitial is shown). If the setting is set to "False", reports will never be sent. If this policy is set to "True" or "False", the user will not be able to modify the setting. If this policy is left unset, the user will be able to change the setting and decide whether to send reports or not.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-001166SV-96299V-81585

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 "SafeBrowsingExtendedReportingEnabled" is not displayed under the "Policy Name" column or it is not set to "False", this is a finding.
Windows method:
 1. Start regedit
 2. Navigate to HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\
 3. If the "SafeBrowsingExtendedReportingEnabled" value name does not exist or its value data is not set to "0", 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:660057
# Safe Browsing Extended Reporting must be disabled.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Check SafeBrowsingExtendedReportingEnabled value.
# 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('SafeBrowsingExtendedReportingEnabled').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome' -Name 'SafeBrowsingExtendedReportingEnabled' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'SafeBrowsingExtendedReportingEnabled') -eq '0'))
}

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

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.chrome:def:660057
if (!(Test-Path -Path "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\SafeBrowsingExtendedReportingEnabled" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -or ((Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\SafeBrowsingExtendedReportingEnabled" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).SafeBrowsingExtendedReportingEnabled -eq 0)) { 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\Safe Browsing settings\
Policy Name: Enable Safe Browsing Extended Reporting
Policy State: Disabled
Policy Value: N/A