Title

The system must be configured to prevent the display of any error dialog links to any website. (Cat III impact)

Discussion

Windows Error Reporting information can be used to help diagnose day-to-day software issues, as well as help discover malicious code and possibly zero-day attacks on systems. This setting controls whether to display links to any Microsoft provided web sites.

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: DWNoExternalURL Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1

Fix Text

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Error Reporting -> "Configure Error Reporting" to "Enabled" with "Do not display links to any Microsoft provided 'more information' web sites" selected.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-70809r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-56549

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Expert Comments

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