Title

Importing of search engine settings must be disabled. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Allows users to import search engine settings from another browser into Microsoft Edge. If this policy is enabled, the option to import search engine settings is automatically selected. If this policy is disabled, search engine settings are not imported at first run, and users cannot import them manually.

Check Content

The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Allow importing of search engine settings" must be set to "disabled". Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge If the value for "ImportSearchEngine" is not set to "REG_DWORD = 0", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Allow importing of search engine settings" to "disabled".

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-235739r879587_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-235739

Group Title: SRG-APP-000141

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