Title

Event Viewer Events.asp links must be turned off. (Cat III impact)

Discussion

Viewing events is a function of administrators, who must not access the internet with privileged accounts. This setting will disable Events.asp hyperlinks in Event Viewer to prevent links to the internet from within events.

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\EventViewer\ Value Name: MicrosoftEventVwrDisableLinks Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1

Fix Text

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Internet Communication Management -> Internet Communication settings “Turn off Event Viewer “Events.asp” links” to “Enabled”.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-21932r2_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-15672

Group Title: Event Viewer Events.asp Links

Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

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