Microsoft Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019 AutoPlay must be disabled for all drives

STIG ID: WN19-CC-000230 | SRG: SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154 | Severity: High | CCI: CCI-001764 | Vulnerability ID: V-205806

Description

Allowing AutoPlay to execute may introduce malicious code to a system. AutoPlay begins reading from a drive as soon media is inserted into the drive. As a result, the setup file of programs or music on audio media may start. By default, AutoPlay is disabled on removable drives, such as the floppy disk drive (but not the CD-ROM drive) and on network drives. Enabling this policy disables AutoPlay on all drives.

Check

C-6071r355780_chk

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding:Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINERegistry Path: \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\Value Name: NoDriveTypeAutoRunType: REG_DWORDValue: 0x000000ff (255)

Fix

F-6071r355781_fix

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> AutoPlay Policies >> "Turn off AutoPlay" to "Enabled" with "All Drives" selected.