SV-226148r852091: Windows Update must be prevented from searching for point and print drivers. | Microsoft Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 Domain Controller STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Windows Update must be prevented from searching for point and print drivers.

Description

Discussion Text

Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. Turning off this capability will prevent potentially sensitive information from being sent outside the enterprise and uncontrolled updates to the system. This setting will prevent Windows from searching Windows Update for point and print drivers. Only the local driver store and server driver cache will be searched.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-001812CCE-24139-8SV-53184V-21963

References

DPMS Target Microsoft Windows Server 2012-2012 R2 DC DISA DPMS Target Microsoft Windows Server 2012-2012 R2 DC 4217

Checks

OVAL

oval:mil.disa.fso.windows:var:444300 ← xccdf_mil.disa.stig_value_extend_point_and_print_connection_to_search_windows_update_and_use_alternate_connection_if_needed_var

DISA STIG (Manual Reference)

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path: \Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers\

Value Name: DoNotInstallCompatibleDriverFromWindowsUpdate

Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

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.windows:def:4443
# Windows Update must be prevented from searching for point and print drivers.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Verifies 'Extend Point and Print connection to search Windows Update' 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\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers').GetValueKind('DoNotInstallCompatibleDriverFromWindowsUpdate').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers' -Name 'DoNotInstallCompatibleDriverFromWindowsUpdate' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'DoNotInstallCompatibleDriverFromWindowsUpdate') -eq 1))
}

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

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.fso.windows:def:4443
$regPath = "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers"
$regName = "DoNotInstallCompatibleDriverFromWindowsUpdate"
$regValue = 1
if (-not (Test-Path $regPath)) { exit 0 }
if (-not (Get-ItemProperty -Path $regPath -Name $regName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).$regName -eq $regValue) { exit 1 }
exit 0

Remediation

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Printers -> "Extend Point and Print connection to search Windows Update" to "Disabled".