Title

Crash Detection management must be enforced. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

The 'Turn off Crash Detection' policy setting allows you to manage the crash detection feature of add-on management in Internet Explorer. A crash report could contain sensitive information from the computer's memory. If you enable this policy setting, a crash in Internet Explorer will be similar to one on a computer running Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 and earlier, where Windows Error Reporting will be invoked. If you disable this policy setting, the crash detection feature in add-on management will be functional.

Check Content

The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> 'Turn off Crash Detection' must be 'Enabled'. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key:HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions Criteria: If the value "NoCrashDetection" is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

Set the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> 'Turn off Crash Detection' to 'Enabled'.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-223123r879587_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-223123

Group Title: SRG-APP-000141

Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.