SV-25175r1: The system is configured to autoplay removable media. | Windows 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The system is configured to autoplay removable media.

Description

Discussion Text

Autoplay begins reading from a drive as soon as you insert media in the drive. As a result, the setup file of programs and the music on audio media starts immediately. By default, autoplay is disabled on removable drives, such as the floppy disk drive (but not the CD-ROM drive) and on network drives. If you enable this policy, you can also disable autoplay on all drives.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-001764CCE-9528-1

Additional Details

Third-Party Tools

Responsibility

System Administrator

References

DPMS Target Windows 7 DISA DPMS Target Windows 7 1712

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:3828
# The system is configured to autoplay removable media.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Verifies 'Turn off AutoPlay' is set to 'Enabled:All Drives'
# 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\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer').GetValueKind('NoDriveTypeAutoRun').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer' -Name 'NoDriveTypeAutoRun' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'NoDriveTypeAutoRun') -eq 255))
}

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

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.fso.windows:def:3828
$regPath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer"
$regKey = "NoDriveTypeAutoRun"
$regValue = 255
if (Test-Path $regPath -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
    $regData = Get-ItemProperty -Path $regPath -Name $regKey -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    if ($regData -and $regData.$regKey -eq $regValue) {
        Write-Output "PASS"; exit 0
    }
}
Write-Output "FAIL"; exit 1

Remediation

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> AutoPlay Policies -> “Turn off AutoPlay” to “Enabled:All Drives”.