Title

Check for publishers certificate revocation is enforced. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Check for publisher's certificate revocation options should be enforced to ensure all PKI signed objects are validated.

Check Content

Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinTrust\Trust Providers\Software Publishing Criteria: If the value State is REG_DWORD = 65536 (decimal), this is not a finding.

Fix Text

Change the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\CurrentVersion\WinTrust\Trust Providers\Software Publishing to 65536.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-43160r2_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-32808

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Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

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