SV-25293r1: Prevent Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) interactive communication with Microsoft. | Windows 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Prevent Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) interactive communication with Microsoft.

Description

Discussion Text

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-9842-6

Additional Details

Responsibility

System Administrator

References

DPMS Target Windows 7 DISA DPMS Target Windows 7 1712

Checks

OVAL

oval:mil.disa.fso.windows:var:382300 ← xccdf_mil.disa.stig_value_microsoft_support_diagnostic_tool_turn_on_msdt_interactive_communication_with_support_provider_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:3823
# Prevent Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) interactive communication with Microsoft.
# 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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Syntax-checked as valid PowerShell. Not executed here — running it for real needs the actual windows_7 target this check assesses.

# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.fso.windows:def:3823
$registryPath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\ScriptedDiagnosticsProvider\Policy"
$registryName = "DisableQueryRemoteServer"
$registryValue = 0

if (-Not (Test-Path $registryPath)) { exit 0 }
if (!(Get-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath -Name $registryName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).$registryName -eq $registryValue) { exit 1 }
exit 0

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”.