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The system must be configured to allow a local or DOD-wide collector to request additional error reporting diagnostic data to be sent.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-15717 WINER-000004 SV-16656r2_rule ECSC-1 Medium
Description
Sending additional error reporting data provides valuable system diagnostic and vulnerability information that would otherwise not be generated nor collected. This setting controls whether additional data in support of error reports can be sent to a local or DOD-wide reporting site.
STIG Date
Windows Vista Security Technical Implementation Guide 2017-01-30

Details

Check Text ( C-58141r1_chk )
If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path: \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\

Value Name: DontSendAdditionalData

Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0
Fix Text (F-62503r1_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Error Reporting -> "Do not send additional data" to "Disabled".