SV-45130r1: Crash Detection management must be enforced. | Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Crash Detection management must be enforced.

Description

Discussion Text

The "Turn off Crash Detection" policy setting allows you to manage the crash detection feature of add-on management in Internet Explorer. A crash report could contain sensitive information from the computer's memory. If you enable this policy setting, a crash in Internet Explorer will be similar to one on a computer running Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 and earlier, where Windows Error Reporting will be invoked. If you disable this policy setting, the crash detection feature in add-on management will be functional.

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

Additional Details

Responsibility

System Administrator

References

DPMS Target IE Version 10 DISA DPMS Target IE Version 10 2351

Checks

OVAL

oval:mil.disa.fso.ie:var:35800 ← xccdf_mil.disa.stig_value_TurnOffCrashDetection_LocalComputer_var

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.fso.ie:def:358
# Crash Detection management must be enforced.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Computer Configuration\Network\Internet Explorer\Turn Off Crash Detection
# 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\Internet Explorer\Restrictions').GetValueKind('NoCrashDetection').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions' -Name 'NoCrashDetection' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'NoCrashDetection') -eq 1))
}

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

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.fso.ie:def:358
$regPath = "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions"
if (-Not (Test-Path $regPath)) { $regPath = "HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions" }
if (Test-Path $regPath) {
    $regValue = Get-ItemProperty -Path $regPath -Name NoCrashDetection -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    if ($regValue -and $regValue.NoCrashDetection -eq 1) { Write-Output "PASS"; Exit 0 }
}
Write-Output "FAIL"; Exit 1

Remediation

Set the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> "Turn off Crash Detection" to "Enabled".