SV-45137r1: Deleting websites that the user has visited must be disallowed. | Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Deleting websites that the user has visited must be disallowed.

Description

Discussion Text

This policy prevents users from deleting the history of websites the user has visited. If you enable this policy setting, websites the user has visited will be preserved when the user clicks Delete. If you disable this policy setting, websites that the user has visited will be deleted when the user clicks Delete. If you do not configure this policy setting, the user will be able to select whether to delete or preserve websites the user visited when the user clicks Delete.

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:36700 ← xccdf_mil.disa.stig_value_PreventDeletingWebsitesthattheUserhasVisited_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:367
# Deleting websites that the user has visited must be disallowed.
# 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\Delete Browsing History
# 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\Privacy').GetValueKind('CleanHistory').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy' -Name 'CleanHistory' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'CleanHistory') -eq 0))
}

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

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.fso.ie:def:367
$compliance = Test-Path -Path "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy\CleanHistory" -and (Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy\CleanHistory" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).value -eq 0
if ($compliance) { Write-Output "PASS"; Exit 0 } else { Write-Output "FAIL"; Exit 1 }

Remediation

Set the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Delete Browsing History -> "Prevent Deleting Web sites that the User has Visited" to "Enabled".