Microsoft Windows 10

Structured Exception Handling Overwrite Protection (SEHOP) must be enabled

STIG ID: WN10-00-000150 | SRG: SRG-OS-000433-GPOS-00192 | Severity: High | CCI: CCI-002824 | Vulnerability ID: V-220727

Description

Attackers are constantly looking for vulnerabilities in systems and applications. Structured Exception Handling Overwrite Protection (SEHOP) blocks exploits that use the Structured Exception Handling overwrite technique, a common buffer overflow attack.

Check

C-22442r554666_chk

This is applicable to Windows 10 prior to v1709.Verify SEHOP is turned on.If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding.Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINERegistry Path: \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\kernel\Value Name: DisableExceptionChainValidationValue Type: REG_DWORDValue: 0x00000000 (0)

Fix

F-22431r554667_fix

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> MS Security Guide >> "Enable Structured Exception Handling Overwrite Protection (SEHOP)" to "Enabled".This policy setting requires the installation of the SecGuide custom templates included with the STIG package. "SecGuide.admx" and "SecGuide.adml" must be copied to the \Windows\PolicyDefinitions and \Windows\PolicyDefinitions\en-US directories respectively.