Plugins approved for use must be enabled

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-0035	DTBC-0035	SV-0035r1_rule		Medium

Description
Specifies a list of plugins that are enabled in Google Chrome and prevents users from changing this setting. The wildcard characters '' and '?' can be used to match sequences of arbitrary characters. '' matches an arbitrary number of characters while '?' specifies an optional single character, i.e. matches zero or one characters. The escape character is '\', so to match actual '*', '?', or '\' characters, you can put a '\' in front of them. The specified list of plugins is always used in Google Chrome if they are installed. The plugins are marked as enabled in 'about:plugins' and users cannot disable them. Note that this policy overrides both DisabledPlugins and DisabledPluginsExceptions. If this policy is left not set the user can disable any plugin installed on the system.

Description

Specifies a list of plugins that are enabled in Google Chrome and prevents users from changing this setting. The wildcard characters '*' and '?' can be used to match sequences of arbitrary characters. '*' matches an arbitrary number of characters while '?' specifies an optional single character, i.e. matches zero or one characters. The escape character is '\', so to match actual '*', '?', or '\' characters, you can put a '\' in front of them. The specified list of plugins is always used in Google Chrome if they are installed. The plugins are marked as enabled in 'about:plugins' and users cannot disable them. Note that this policy overrides both DisabledPlugins and DisabledPluginsExceptions. If this policy is left not set the user can disable any plugin installed on the system.

STIG	Date
Google Chrome STIG Draft	2012-09-25

Details

Check Text ( C-0035r1_chk )
Universal method (Requires Chrome Browser v15 or later): 1. In the omnibox (address bar) type chrome://policy 2. If EnabledPlugins is displayed under the Policy Name column and it is set to Java,Shockwave Flash,Chrome PDF Viewer under the Policy Value column, then this is not a finding. Windows method: 1. Start regedit 2. Navigate to HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\EnabledPlugins 3. If the EnabledPlugins key does not exist and the 1 value name data is not set to Java, the 2 value name data is not set to Shockwave Flash, and the 3 value name is not set to Chrome PDF Viewer then this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-0035r1_chk )

Universal method (Requires Chrome Browser v15 or later):
1. In the omnibox (address bar) type chrome://policy
2. If EnabledPlugins is displayed under the Policy Name column and it is set to Java*,Shockwave Flash,Chrome PDF Viewer under the Policy Value column, then this is not a finding.

Windows method:
1. Start regedit
2. Navigate to HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\EnabledPlugins
3. If the EnabledPlugins key does not exist and the 1 value name data is not set to Java*, the 2 value name data is not set to Shockwave Flash, and the 3 value name is not set to Chrome PDF Viewer then this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-0035r1_fix)
Valid for Chrome Browser version 11 or later. Windows registry: Key Path: HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\EnabledPlugins Value Name: 1 Value Type: String (REG_SZ) Value Data: Java* Key Path: HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\EnabledPlugins Value Name: 2 Value Type: String (REG_SZ) Value Data: Shockwave Flash Key Path: HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\EnabledPlugins Value Name: 3 Value Type: String (REG_SZ) Value Data: Chrome PDF Viewer Windows group policy: Policy Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Google\Google Chrome\ Policy Name: Specify a list of enabled plugins Policy State: Enabled Policy Value 1: Java* Policy Value 2: Shockwave Flash Policy Value 3: Chrome PDF Viewer

Fix Text (F-0035r1_fix)

Valid for Chrome Browser version 11 or later.

Windows registry:
Key Path: HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\EnabledPlugins
Value Name: 1
Value Type: String (REG_SZ)
Value Data: Java*

Key Path: HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\EnabledPlugins
Value Name: 2
Value Type: String (REG_SZ)
Value Data: Shockwave Flash

Key Path: HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\EnabledPlugins
Value Name: 3
Value Type: String (REG_SZ)
Value Data: Chrome PDF Viewer

Windows group policy:
Policy Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Google\Google Chrome\
Policy Name: Specify a list of enabled plugins
Policy State: Enabled
Policy Value 1: Java*
Policy Value 2: Shockwave Flash
Policy Value 3: Chrome PDF Viewer