Check for publishers certificate revocation must be enforced.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-32808	DTBI018	SV-45116r1_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
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-04-01

Details

Check Text ( C-42471r1_chk )
Open Internet Explorer. From the menu bar select Tools. From the Tools drop-down menu, select 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 publisher's certificate revocation" box. Procedure: 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-42471r1_chk )

Open Internet Explorer. From the menu bar select Tools. From the Tools drop-down menu, select 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 publisher's certificate revocation" box.

Procedure: 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-38512r2_fix)
Check mark the option to enable "Check for publisher's 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.