Event tracing for Windows (ETW) for Common Language Runtime events must be enabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-31026	APPNET0067	SV-41075r1_rule	DCSL-1	Medium

Description
Event tracing captures information about applications utilizing the .NET CLR and the .NET CLR itself. This includes security oriented information, such as Strong Name and Authenticode verification. Beginning with Windows Vista, ETW is enabled by default however, the .Net CLR and .Net applications can be configured to not utilize Event Tracing. If ETW event tracing is disabled, critical events that occurred within the runtime will not be captured in event logs.

Description

Event tracing captures information about applications utilizing the .NET CLR and the .NET CLR itself. This includes security oriented information, such as Strong Name and Authenticode verification. Beginning with Windows Vista, ETW is enabled by default however, the .Net CLR and .Net applications can be configured to not utilize Event Tracing. If ETW event tracing is disabled, critical events that occurred within the runtime will not be captured in event logs.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Dot Net Framework 4.0 STIG	2015-09-15

Details

Check Text ( None )
None

Fix Text (F-34847r6_fix)
Open Windows explorer and search for all .NET config files including application config files (*.exe.config). Examine the configuration settings for . Enable ETW Tracing by setting the etwEnable flag to "true" or obtain documented IAO approvals.