EMET Default Protections for other popular software must be enabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
WN08-CC-000081	WN08-CC-000081	WN08-CC-000081_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-000081_chk )

If the following registry value does not exist or is 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: 7z 7zFM 7zGUI Chrome Firefox FirefoxPluginContainer GoogleTalk iTunes Java Javaw Javaws LiveMessenger LiveSync LiveWriter Lync mIRC MOE Opera PhotoshopCS2 PhotoshopCS264 PhotoshopCS3 PhotoshopCS364 PhotoshopCS4 PhotoshopCS464 PhotoshopCS5 PhotoshopCS51 PhotoshopCS5164 PhotoshopCS564 Pidgin QuickTimePlayer RealConverter RealPlayer Safari Skype Thunderbird ThunderbirdPluginContainer UnRAR VLC Winamp WindowsLiveSync WindowsMediaPlayer WinRARConsole WinRARGUI Winzip Winzip64

Fix Text (F-WN08-CC-000081_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> EMET -> "Default Protections for other popular software" to "Enabled". The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit must be installed on the system and the administrative template files added to make this setting available.