SV-225358r569185: Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) interactive communication with Microsoft must be prevented. | Microsoft Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 Member Server STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) interactive communication with Microsoft must be prevented.

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 prevents the MSDT from communicating with and sending collected data to Microsoft, the default support provider.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000381CCE-23633-1V-21967SV-53187

References

DPMS Target Microsoft Windows Server 2012-2012 R2 MS DISA DPMS Target Microsoft Windows Server 2012-2012 R2 MS 4214

Checks

OVAL

oval:mil.disa.fso.windows:var:448500 ← xccdf_mil.disa.stig_value_microsoft_support_diagnostic_tool_turn_on_msdt_interactive_communication_with_support_provider_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\ScriptedDiagnosticsProvider\Policy\

Value Name: DisableQueryRemoteServer

Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

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:4485
# Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) interactive communication with Microsoft must be prevented.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Verifies 'Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool: Turn on MSDT interactive communication with Support Provider' 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\ScriptedDiagnosticsProvider\Policy').GetValueKind('DisableQueryRemoteServer').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\ScriptedDiagnosticsProvider\Policy' -Name 'DisableQueryRemoteServer' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'DisableQueryRemoteServer') -eq 0))
}

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

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.fso.windows:def:4485
$registryPath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\ScriptedDiagnosticsProvider\Policy"
$registryName = "DisableQueryRemoteServer"
$expectedValue = 0

if (-not (Test-Path $registryPath)) { exit 0 }
$registryValue = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath -Name $registryName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).$registryName
if ($registryValue -eq $expectedValue) { Write-Output "PASS"; exit 0 }
Write-Output "FAIL"; exit 1

Remediation

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Troubleshooting and Diagnostics -> Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool -> "Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool: Turn on MSDT interactive communication with support provider" to "Disabled".