SV-25290r2: Device metadata retrieval from the Internet must be prevented. | Windows 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Device metadata retrieval from the Internet 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 will prevent Windows from retrieving device metadata from the Internet.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000381CCE-10165-9

Additional Details

Responsibility

System Administrator

References

DPMS Target Windows 7 DISA DPMS Target Windows 7 1712

Checks

OVAL

oval:mil.disa.fso.windows:var:379800 ← xccdf_mil.disa.stig_value_prevent_device_metadata_retrieval_from_the_internet_var

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:3798
# Device metadata retrieval from the Internet 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 'Prevent device metadata retrieval from internet' 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\Device Metadata').GetValueKind('PreventDeviceMetadataFromNetwork').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Device Metadata' -Name 'PreventDeviceMetadataFromNetwork' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'PreventDeviceMetadataFromNetwork') -eq 1))
}

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

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.fso.windows:def:3798
$regPath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Device Metadata"
if (Test-Path $regPath) {
    $regValue = Get-ItemProperty -Path $regPath -Name PreventDeviceMetadataFromNetwork -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    if ($regValue -and $regValue.PreventDeviceMetadataFromNetwork -eq 1) {
        Write-Output "PASS"
        exit 0
    }
}
Write-Output "FAIL"
exit 1

Remediation

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> System >> Device Installation >> "Prevent device metadata retrieval from the Internet" to "Enabled".