Title

The system must be configured to store error reports locally, on the system or in the enclave, not send them to Microsoft. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Forwarding error reports to vendors could expose sensitive information. This setting controls the configuration of a local or DOD-wide error reporting site. In order to not send the data to any system at this time, yet create the reports locally on the system, this value needs to be a single blank character. To forward error reports to a collection server, the site's error reporting server name or IP address must be defined.

Check Content

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding: Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Registry Path: \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting\DW\ Value Name: DWFileTreeRoot Type: REG_SZ Value: "" (Blank or the path to a local collector)

Fix Text

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Error Reporting -> "Configure Error Reporting" to "Enabled" with "Corporate upload file path:" left blank (or with the path to a local collector entered - e.g. \\10.1.1.1\path).

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-70775r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-56515

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