EMET Default Protections for MS Works, Office, Adobe Reader, and Acrobat must be enabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
WN08-CC-000080	WN08-CC-000080	WN08-CC-000080_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 (ALSR) and Structured Exception Handler Overwrite Protection (SEHOP) on the system and applications adding additional levels of protection.

STIG	Date
Windows 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2012-11-21

Details

Check Text ( C-WN08-CC-000080_chk )

If the following registry values do not exist or are not configured as specified, this is a finding: Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Subkey: \Software\Policies\Microsoft\EMET\Defaults\ The Value Names will include the following: Access10 Access11 Access12 Access14 Acrobat10 Acrobat8 Acrobat9 AcrobatReader10 AcrobatReader8 AcrobatReader9 Calendar CalendarReminder Excel10 Excel11 Excel12 Excel14 InfoPath10 InfoPath11 InfoPath12 InfoPath14 MSWorks Outlook10 Outlook11 Outlook12 Outlook14 PowerPoint10 PowerPoint11 PowerPoint12 PowerPoint14 PPTViewer10 PPTViewer11 PPTViewer12 PPTViewer14 Publisher10 Publisher11 Publisher12 Publisher14 Visio10 Visio11 Visio12 Visio14 VisioViewer10 VisioViewer11 VisioViewer12 VisioViewer14 Word10 Word11 Word12 Word14

Fix Text (F-WN08-CC-000080_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> EMET -> "Default Protections for Microsoft Works, Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Acrobat Reader products" to "Enabled". The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit must be installed on the system and the administrative template files added to make this setting available.