SV-25297r1: Prevent the Application Compatibility Program Inventory from collecting data and sending the information to Microsoft. | Windows 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Prevent the Application Compatibility Program Inventory from collecting data and sending the information to Microsoft.

Description

Discussion Text

This setting will prevent the Program Inventory from collecting data about a system and sending the information to Microsoft.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000381CCE-10787-0

Additional Details

Responsibility

System Administrator

References

DPMS Target Windows 7 DISA DPMS Target Windows 7 1712

Checks

OVAL

oval:mil.disa.fso.windows:var:382600 ← xccdf_mil.disa.stig_value_turn_off_program_inventory_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:3826
# Prevent the Application Compatibility Program Inventory from collecting data and sending the information to Microsoft.
# 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 Program Inventory' 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\AppCompat').GetValueKind('DisableInventory').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AppCompat' -Name 'DisableInventory' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'DisableInventory') -eq 1))
}

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:mil.disa.fso.windows:def:3826
$registryPath = "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AppCompat"
$registryValue = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath -Name DisableInventory -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).DisableInventory
if ($registryValue -eq 1 -or -not (Test-Path -Path $registryPath)) { Write-Output "PASS"; Exit 0 } else { Write-Output "FAIL"; Exit 1 }

Remediation

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Application Compatibility -> “Turn off Program Inventory” to “Enabled”.