The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) Protection Profile for Popular Software must be implemented.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-36704	WINEM-000081	SV-50507r5_rule	ECVP-1	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) on the system and applications adding additional levels of protection.

STIG	Date
Windows 2003 Domain Controller Security Technical Implementation Guide	2015-06-23

Details

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Fix Text (F-49712r3_fix)
This is applicable to unclassified systems, for other systems this is NA. Open a command prompt. Navigate to the EMET installation directory, typically \Program Files\EMET. Execute the following command -'EMET_Conf --import "deployment\protection profiles\popular software.xml"' The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit must be installed on the system to make this setting available.