SV-16656r2: The system must be configured to allow a local or DOD-wide collector to request additional error reporting diagnostic data to be sent. | Windows Vista Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The system must be configured to allow a local or DOD-wide collector to request additional error reporting diagnostic data to be sent.

Description

Discussion Text

Sending additional error reporting data provides valuable system diagnostic and vulnerability information that would otherwise not be generated nor collected. This setting controls whether additional data in support of error reports can be sent to a local or DOD-wide reporting site.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-001312CCE-4089-9

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:562
# The system must be configured to allow a local or DOD-wide collector to request additional error reporting diagnostic data to be sent.
# 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 'DontSendAdditionalData' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'DontSendAdditionalData') -eq 0)
}
# registry_object (registry_test)
function test_2 {
  return (-not ($null -ne (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting' -Name 'DontSendAdditionalData')))
}
# registry_object (registry_test)
function test_3 {
  return ($null -ne (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting' -Name 'DontSendAdditionalData'))
}
# 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('DontSendAdditionalData').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 'DontSendAdditionalData')))
}

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:562
if (!(Test-Path -Path "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\DontSendAdditionalData") -or ((Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\DontSendAdditionalData").DontSendAdditionalData -ne 0)) { Write-Output "PASS"; Exit 0 } else { Write-Output "FAIL"; Exit 1 }

Remediation

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Error Reporting -> "Do not send additional data" to "Disabled".