SV-221595r615937: Autoplay must be disabled. | Google Chrome Current Windows Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Autoplay must be disabled.

Description

Discussion Text

Allows you to control if videos can play automatically (without user consent) with audio content in Google Chrome. If the policy is set to “True”, Google Chrome is allowed to autoplay media. If the policy is set to “False”, Google Chrome is not allowed to autoplay media. The “AutoplayWhitelist” policy can be used to override this for certain URL patterns. By default, Google Chrome is not allowed to autoplay media. The “AutoplayWhitelist” policy can be used to override this for certain URL patterns.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000381SV-96295V-81581

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 "AutoplayAllowed" 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 "AutoplayAllowed" 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:660055
# Autoplay 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 AutoplayAllowed 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('AutoplayAllowed').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome' -Name 'AutoplayAllowed' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'AutoplayAllowed') -eq '0'))
}

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

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.chrome:def:660055
if (!(Test-Path -Path "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\AutoplayAllowed") -or (Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\AutoplayAllowed" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).AutoplayAllowed -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\
Policy Name: Allow media autoplay
Policy State: Disabled
Policy Value: N/A