Software certificate restriction policies are not enforced.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-4446	3.111	SV-29735r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
Software restriction policies help to protect users and computers from executing unauthorized code such as viruses and Trojans horses.

STIG	Date
Windows 2008 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide	2012-08-28

Details

Check Text ( C-350r1_chk )
Analyze the system using the Security Configuration and Analysis snap-in. Expand the Security Configuration and Analysis tree view. Navigate to Local Policies -> Security Options. If the value for “System Settings: Use Certificate Rules on Windows Executables for Software Restriction Policies” is not set to “Enabled”, then this is a finding. The policy referenced configures the following registry value: Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Registry Path: \Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Safer\CodeIdentifiers\ Value Name: AuthenticodeEnabled Value Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1

Check Text ( C-350r1_chk )

Analyze the system using the Security Configuration and Analysis snap-in.
Expand the Security Configuration and Analysis tree view.
Navigate to Local Policies -> Security Options.

If the value for “System Settings: Use Certificate Rules on Windows Executables for Software Restriction Policies” is not set to “Enabled”, then this is a finding.

The policy referenced configures the following registry value:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path: \Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Safer\CodeIdentifiers\

Value Name: AuthenticodeEnabled

Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

Fix Text (F-5742r1_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options -> “System Settings: Use Certificate Rules on Windows Executables for Software Restriction Policies” to “Enabled”.