Crash Detection management must be enforced.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-15579	DTBI715	SV-45130r1_rule		Medium

Description
The "Turn off Crash Detection" policy setting allows you to manage the crash detection feature of add-on management in Internet Explorer. A crash report could contain sensitive information from the computer's memory. If you enable this policy setting, a crash in Internet Explorer will be similar to one on a computer running Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 and earlier, where Windows Error Reporting will be invoked. If you disable this policy setting, the crash detection feature in add-on management will be functional.

Description

The "Turn off Crash Detection" policy setting allows you to manage the crash detection feature of add-on management in Internet Explorer. A crash report could contain sensitive information from the computer's memory. If you enable this policy setting, a crash in Internet Explorer will be similar to one on a computer running Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 and earlier, where Windows Error Reporting will be invoked. If you disable this policy setting, the crash detection feature in add-on management will be functional.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2016-09-16

Details

Check Text ( C-42476r1_chk )
The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> "Turn off Crash Detection" must be "Enabled". Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key:HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions Criteria: If the value NoCrashDetection is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-38526r1_fix)
Set the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> "Turn off Crash Detection" to "Enabled".