Chrome development tools must be disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-97525	DTBC-0068	SV-106629r1_rule		Low

Description
Information needed by an attacker to begin looking for possible vulnerabilities in a web browser includes any information about the web browser and plug-ins or modules being used. When debugging or trace information is enabled in a production web browser, information about the web browser, such as web browser type, version, patches installed, plug-ins and modules installed, type of code being used by the hosted application, and any back-ends being used for data storage may be displayed. Since this information may be placed in logs and general messages during normal operation of the web browser, an attacker does not need to cause an error condition to gain this information.

Description

Information needed by an attacker to begin looking for possible vulnerabilities in a web browser includes any information about the web browser and plug-ins or modules being used. When debugging or trace information is enabled in a production web browser, information about the web browser, such as web browser type, version, patches installed, plug-ins and modules installed, type of code being used by the hosted application, and any back-ends being used for data storage may be displayed. Since this information may be placed in logs and general messages during normal operation of the web browser, an attacker does not need to cause an error condition to gain this information.

STIG	Date
Google Chrome Current Windows Security Technical Implementation Guide	2019-12-03

Details

Check Text ( C-96361r1_chk )
Universal method: 1. In the omnibox (address bar) type chrome://policy 2. If the policy "DeveloperToolsAvailability" is not shown or is not set to "2", this is a finding. Windows method: 1. Start regedit 2. Navigate to HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\ 3. If the key "DeveloperToolsAvailability" does not exist or is not set to "2", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-103203r2_fix)
Windows group policy: 1. Open the group policy editor tool with gpedit.msc 2. Navigate to Policy Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Google\Google Chrome Policy Name: Control where Developer Tools can be used Policy State: Enabled Policy Value: Disallow usage of the Developer Tools