SV-213432r961092: Microsoft Defender AV must be configured to disable local setting override for reporting to Microsoft MAPS. | Microsoft Defender Antivirus STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Microsoft Defender AV must be configured to disable local setting override for reporting to Microsoft MAPS.

Description

Discussion Text

This policy setting configures a local override for the configuration to join Microsoft MAPS. This setting can only be set by Group Policy. If this setting is enabled, the local preference setting will take priority over Group Policy. If this setting is disabled or not configured, Group Policy will take priority over the local preference setting.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-001170SV-89841V-75161

References

DPMS Target Microsoft Defender Antivirus DISA DPMS Target Microsoft Defender Antivirus 3985

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.defenderantivirus:def:7
# Microsoft Defender AV must be configured to disable local setting override for reporting to Microsoft MAPS.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# 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\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Spynet').GetValueKind('LocalSettingOverrideSpynetReporting').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Spynet' -Name 'LocalSettingOverrideSpynetReporting' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'LocalSettingOverrideSpynetReporting') -eq 0))
}

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

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.defenderantivirus:def:7
$compliant = Test-Path -Path "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Spynet\LocalSettingOverrideSpynetReporting" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if ($compliant) {
    $regValue = Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Spynet\LocalSettingOverrideSpynetReporting" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    if ($regValue.LocalSettingOverrideSpynetReporting -eq 0) {
        Write-Output "PASS"
        Exit 0
    } else {
        Write-Output "FAIL"
        Exit 1
    }
} else {
    Write-Output "PASS"
    Exit 0
}

Remediation

This is applicable to unclassified systems. For other systems this is NA.

Set the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Microsoft Defender Antivirus >> MAPS >> "Configure local setting override for reporting to Microsoft MAPS" to "Disabled" or "Not Configured".