Microsoft Windows 11

Explorer Data Execution Prevention must be enabled

STIG ID: WN11-CC-000215 | SRG: SRG-OS-000433-GPOS-00192 | Severity: Medium | CCI: CCI-002824 | Vulnerability ID: V-253396

Description

Data Execution Prevention (DEP) provides additional protection by performing checks on memory to help prevent malicious code from running. This setting will prevent Data Execution Prevention from being turned off for File Explorer.

Check

C-56849r829270_chk

The default behavior is for data execution prevention to be turned on for file explorer.If it exists and is configured with a value of "1", this is a finding.Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINERegistry Path: \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\Value Name: NoDataExecutionPreventionValue Type: REG_DWORDValue: 0 (or if the Value Name does not exist)

Fix

F-56799r829271_fix

The default behavior is for data execution prevention to be turned on for file explorer.To correct this, configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> File Explorer >> "Turn off Data Execution Prevention for Explorer" to "Not Configured" or "Disabled".