SV-71901r1: The system must be configured to store all data in the error report archive. | Windows Vista Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The system must be configured to store all data in the error report archive.

Description

Discussion Text

The error reporting archive is stored locally on the system and is created after an error report has been sent to the local collector or DOD-wide collector (if defined). Storing all data, including memory contents, adds data that is very helpful in analyzing the errors.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-001312

Additional Details

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:4916
# The system must be configured to store all data in the error report archive.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# configurearchive 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\Windows Error Reporting').GetValueKind('ConfigureArchive').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting' -Name 'ConfigureArchive' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'ConfigureArchive') -eq '2'))
}

if (-not (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_vista target this check assesses.

# oval:mil.disa.fso.windows:def:4916
$compliant = Test-Path -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting" -and (Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting" -Name ConfigureArchive).ConfigureArchive -eq 2
if ($compliant) { 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 -> Advanced Error Reporting Settings -> "Configure Report Archive" to "Enabled" with "Store All" selected for "Archive behavior:".