Check for publishers certificate revocation must be enforced.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-32808	DTBI018	SV-43162r2_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
Check for publisher's certificate revocation options should be enforced to ensure all PKI signed objects are validated.

STIG	Date
Internet Explorer 8 STIG	2014-07-03

Details

Check Text ( C-41150r4_chk )
Open Internet Explorer. From the menu bar select Tools. From the Tools drop-down menu, select the Internet Options. From the Internet Options window, select the Advanced tab, from the Advanced tab window scroll down to the Security category, verify a check mark is placed in the "check for publishers certificate revocation" box. Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinTrust\Trust Providers\Software Publishing Criteria: If the value "State" is REG_DWORD = 65536 (decimal), this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-41150r4_chk )

Open Internet Explorer. From the menu bar select Tools. From the Tools drop-down menu, select the Internet Options. From the Internet Options window, select the Advanced tab, from the Advanced tab window scroll down to the Security category, verify a check mark is placed in the "check for publishers certificate revocation" box.

Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinTrust\Trust Providers\Software Publishing

Criteria: If the value "State" is REG_DWORD = 65536 (decimal), this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-36698r3_fix)
Check mark the option to enable "Check for publishers certificate revocation" in the Internet Explorer Options, Advanced page. NOTE: Manual entry for the value "State", set to REG_DWORD = 65536, may first be required.