SV-220808r991589: Wi-Fi Sense must be disabled. | Microsoft Windows 10 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Wi-Fi Sense must be disabled.

Description

Discussion Text

Wi-Fi Sense automatically connects the system to known hotspots and networks that contacts have shared. It also allows the sharing of the system's known networks to contacts. Automatically connecting to hotspots and shared networks can expose a system to unsecured or potentially malicious systems.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000366V-63591SV-78081

References

DPMS Target Microsoft Windows 10 DISA DPMS Target Microsoft Windows 10 4072

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.windows10:def:220808
# Wi-Fi Sense must be disabled.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Verifies 'Allow Windows to automatically connect to suggested open hotspots, to networks shared by contacts, and to hotspots offering paid service' is set to 'Disabled'
# 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\Microsoft\WcmSvc\wifinetworkmanager\config').GetValueKind('AutoConnectAllowedOEM').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WcmSvc\wifinetworkmanager\config' -Name 'AutoConnectAllowedOEM' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'AutoConnectAllowedOEM') -eq 0))
}

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

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.windows10:def:220808
if (!(Test-Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WcmSvc\wifinetworkmanager\config\AutoConnectAllowedOEM') -or ((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WcmSvc\wifinetworkmanager\config\AutoConnectAllowedOEM' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).AutoConnectAllowedOEM -ne 0)) { Write-Output "FAIL"; exit 1 } else { Write-Output "PASS"; exit 0 }

Remediation

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Network >> WLAN Service >> WLAN Settings>> "Allow Windows to automatically connect to suggested open hotspots, to networks shared by contacts, and to hotspots offering paid services" to "Disabled".   

v1507 LTSB does not include this group policy setting.  It may be configured through other means such as using group policy from a later version of Windows 10 or a registry update.