SV-16654r3: The system must be configured to generate error reports. | Windows Vista Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The system must be configured to generate error reports.

Description

Discussion Text

Enabling Windows Error Reporting generates information useful to system administrators and forensics analysts for diagnosing system problems and investigating intrusions. If Windows Error Reporting is turned off, valuable system diagnostic and vulnerability information may be lost.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-001312CCE-5034-4

Additional Details

Responsibility

System Administrator

IA Controls

ECSC-1

References

DPMS Target Windows Vista DISA DPMS Target Windows Vista 1029

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:560
# The system must be configured to generate error reports.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# registry_object (registry_test)
function test_1 {
  return (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting' -Name 'Disabled' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'Disabled') -eq 0)
}
# registry_object (registry_test)
function test_2 {
  return (-not ($null -ne (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting' -Name 'Disabled')))
}
# registry_object (registry_test)
function test_3 {
  return ($null -ne (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting' -Name 'Disabled'))
}
# registry_object (registry_test)
function test_4 {
  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\Windows Error Reporting').GetValueKind('Disabled').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword')
}
# registry_object (registry_test)
function test_5 {
  return (-not ($null -ne (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting' -Name 'Disabled')))
}

if (((test_1 -or test_2) -and test_3 -and (test_4 -or test_5))) {
  Write-Output "PASS"
} else {
  Write-Output "FAIL"
}

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# oval:mil.disa.fso.windows:def:560
$WERPath = "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\Disabled"
if (-Not (Test-Path $WERPath)) { $WERPath = "HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\Disabled" }
if ((Get-ItemProperty -Path $WERPath -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).Value -eq 0 -or (Get-ItemProperty -Path $WERPath -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).Value -eq "") { exit 1 }
exit 0

Remediation

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Error Reporting -> "Disable Windows Error Reporting" to "Disabled".