SV-254352r958804: Windows Server 2022 Autoplay must be turned off for nonvolume devices. | Microsoft Windows Server 2022 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Windows Server 2022 Autoplay must be turned off for nonvolume devices.

Description

Discussion Text

Allowing AutoPlay to execute may introduce malicious code to a system. AutoPlay begins reading from a drive as soon as media is inserted into the drive. As a result, the setup file of programs or music on audio media may start. This setting will disable AutoPlay for nonvolume devices, such as Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) devices.

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IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-001764

References

DPMS Target Microsoft Windows Server 2022 DISA DPMS Target Microsoft Windows Server 2022 5485

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.windows2022:def:254352
# Windows Server 2022 Autoplay must be turned off for nonvolume devices.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Verifies 'Disallow Autoplay for non-volume devices' is set to 'Enabled'
# 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\Explorer').GetValueKind('NoAutoplayfornonVolume').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer' -Name 'NoAutoplayfornonVolume' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'NoAutoplayfornonVolume') -eq 1))
}

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

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.windows2022:def:254352
$regPath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer"
$regKey = "NoAutoplayfornonVolume"
if (Test-Path $regPath -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
    $regValue = Get-ItemProperty -Path $regPath -Name $regKey -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    if ($regValue -and $regValue.$regKey -eq 1) {
        Write-Output "PASS"; exit 0
    }
}
Write-Output "FAIL"; exit 1

Remediation

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> AutoPlay Policies >> Disallow Autoplay for nonvolume devices to "Enabled".