The system must be configured to allow a local or DOD-wide collector to request additional error reporting diagnostic data to be sent.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-63493	WN10-ER-000020	SV-77983r1_rule		Medium

Description
Sending additional error reporting data provides valuable system diagnostic and vulnerability information that would otherwise not be generated nor collected. This setting controls whether additional data in support of error reports can be sent to a local or DOD-wide reporting site.

STIG	Date
Windows 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2015-11-30

Details

Check Text ( C-64243r1_chk )
The default behavior for Windows Error Reporting is to allow additional data to be requested by collection servers. If the registry value name below does not exist, this is not a finding. If it exists and is configured with a value of "0", this is not a finding. If it exists and is configured with a value of "1", this is a finding. Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Registry Path: \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\ Value Name: DontSendAdditionalData Value Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0 (or if the Value Name does not exist)

Check Text ( C-64243r1_chk )

The default behavior for Windows Error Reporting is to allow additional data to be requested by collection servers.

If the registry value name below does not exist, this is not a finding.

If it exists and is configured with a value of "0", this is not a finding.

If it exists and is configured with a value of "1", this is a finding.

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path: \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\

Value Name: DontSendAdditionalData

Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0 (or if the Value Name does not exist)

Fix Text (F-69423r1_fix)
The default behavior for Windows Error Reporting is to allow additional data to be requested by collection servers. If this needs to be corrected, configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Windows Error Reporting >> "Do not send additional data" to "Disabled".