Title

Turn off Managing SmartScreen Filter property is not properly set. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

This setting allows users to enable the SmartScreen Filter, which then warns if a Web site being visited is known for fraudulent attempts to gather personal information through "phishing" or is known to host malware.

Check Content

The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> “Turn off Managing SmartScreen Filter” will be set to “Enabled” and “Off”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PhishingFilter Criteria: If the value EnabledV8 is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> “Turn off Managing SmartScreen Filter” will be set to “Enabled” and “Off”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PhishingFilter Criteria: Set the value EnabledV8 to REG_DWORD = 0.

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Vulnerability ID: V-22108

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