Windows Defender AV must be configured to block Win32 imports from macro code in Office.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-77977	WNDF-AV-000038	SV-92673r1_rule		Medium

Description
This rule blocks potentially malicious behavior by not allowing macro code to execute routines in the Win 32 dynamic link library (DLL).

STIG	Date
MS Windows Defender Antivirus Security Technical Implementation Guide	2019-12-12

Details

Check Text ( C-77587r1_chk )
This setting is applicable starting with v1709 of Windows 10, it is NA for prior versions. Verify the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Defender Antivirus -> Windows Defender Exploit Guard -> Attack Surface Reduction -> "Configure Attack Surface Reduction rules" is set to "Enabled”. Click ‘Show...’. Verify the rule ID in the Value name column and the desired state in the Value column is set as follows: Value name: 92E97FA1-2EDF-4476-BDD6-9DD0B4DDDC7B Value: 1 Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Exploit Guard\ASR\Rules Criteria: If the value “92E97FA1-2EDF-4476-BDD6-9DD0B4DDDC7B” is REG_SZ = 1, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-77587r1_chk )

This setting is applicable starting with v1709 of Windows 10, it is NA for prior versions.

Verify the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Defender Antivirus -> Windows Defender Exploit Guard -> Attack Surface Reduction -> "Configure Attack Surface Reduction rules" is set to "Enabled”. Click ‘Show...’. Verify the rule ID in the Value name column and the desired state in the Value column is set as follows:
Value name: 92E97FA1-2EDF-4476-BDD6-9DD0B4DDDC7B
Value: 1

Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key:
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Exploit Guard\ASR\Rules

Criteria: If the value “92E97FA1-2EDF-4476-BDD6-9DD0B4DDDC7B” is REG_SZ = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-84689r1_fix)
Set the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Defender Antivirus -> Windows Defender Exploit Guard -> Attack Surface Reduction -> "Configure Attack Surface Reduction rules" to "Enabled”. Click ‘Show...’. Set the Value name to “92E97FA1-2EDF-4476-BDD6-9DD0B4DDDC7B” and the Value to “1”.