The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) Default Actions and Mitigations Settings must enable Deep Hooks.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-63417	WN10-EM-000040	SV-77907r1_rule		Medium

Description
Attackers are constantly looking for vulnerabilities in systems and applications. The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit can enable several mechanisms, such as Data Execution Prevention (DEP), Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR), and Structured Exception Handler Overwrite Protection (SEHOP) on the system and applications adding additional levels of protection. This setting enables the Deep Hooks mitigation on a system which protects lower level APIs that are used by critical top level APIs.

Description

Attackers are constantly looking for vulnerabilities in systems and applications. The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit can enable several mechanisms, such as Data Execution Prevention (DEP), Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR), and Structured Exception Handler Overwrite Protection (SEHOP) on the system and applications adding additional levels of protection. This setting enables the Deep Hooks mitigation on a system which protects lower level APIs that are used by critical top level APIs.

STIG	Date
Windows 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2016-01-07

Details

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Fix Text (F-69345r1_fix)
This is applicable to unclassified systems, for other systems this is NA. Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> EMET >> "Default Actions and Mitigation Settings" to "Enabled" with "Enabled" selected for "Deep Hooks:". Note: The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit must be installed on the system and the administrative template files added to make this setting available.

Fix Text (F-69345r1_fix)

This is applicable to unclassified systems, for other systems this is NA.

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> EMET >> "Default Actions and Mitigation Settings" to "Enabled" with "Enabled" selected for "Deep Hooks:".

Note: The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit must be installed on the system and the administrative template files added to make this setting available.