SV-223044r961194: Turn on SmartScreen Filter scan option for the Restricted Sites Zone must be enabled. | Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Turn on SmartScreen Filter scan option for the Restricted Sites Zone must be enabled.

Description

Discussion Text

This policy setting controls whether SmartScreen Filter scans pages in this zone for malicious content. If you enable this policy setting, SmartScreen Filter scans pages in this zone for malicious content. If you disable this policy setting, SmartScreen Filter does not scan pages in this zone for malicious content. If you do not configure this policy setting, the user can choose whether SmartScreen Filter scans pages in this zone for malicious content.

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IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-001242SV-79211V-64721

References

DPMS Target Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 DISA DPMS Target Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 4095

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:576
# Turn on SmartScreen Filter scan option for the Restricted Sites Zone must be enabled.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\4\2301 is a REG_DWORD equal to 0
# 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\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\4').GetValueKind('2301').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\4' -Name '2301' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty '2301') -eq 0))
}

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

SCC Assessment

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.fso.ie:def:576
$compliant = (Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\4\2301").Value -eq 0
if ($compliant) { 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 >> Internet Control Panel >> Security Page >> Restricted Sites Zone >> "Turn on SmartScreen Filter scan" to "Enabled", and select "Enable" from the drop-down box.