SV-235765r960963: The download location prompt must be configured. | Microsoft Edge STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The download location prompt must be configured.

Description

Discussion Text

This setting provides positive feedback before a download starts, limiting the possibility of inadvertent downloads without notifying the user.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000381

References

DPMS Target Microsoft Edge DISA DPMS Target Microsoft Edge 5280

Checks

DISA STIG (Manual Reference)

The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Ask where to save downloaded files" must be set to "enabled".

Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge

If the value for "PromptForDownloadLocation" is not set to "REG_DWORD = 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.edge:def:140
# The download location prompt must be configured.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Check that the setting 'Ask where to save downloaded files' is enabled.
# 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\Edge').GetValueKind('PromptForDownloadLocation').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge' -Name 'PromptForDownloadLocation' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'PromptForDownloadLocation') -eq 1))
}

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

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Syntax-checked as valid PowerShell. Not executed here — running it for real needs the actual ms_edge target this check assesses.

# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.edge:def:140
$compliance = Test-Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\PromptForDownloadLocation" -and ((Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\PromptForDownloadLocation").PromptForDownloadLocation -eq 1)
if ($compliance) { Write-Output "PASS"; Exit 0 } else { Write-Output "FAIL"; Exit 1 }

Remediation

Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Ask where to save downloaded files" to "enabled".