The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) Default Protections for Recommended Software must be enabled.

From Windows 2008 Domain Controller Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with IA controls: ECVP-1

SV-50041r1_rule The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) Default Protections for Recommended Software must be enabled.

Vulnerability discussion

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 (ASLR) and Structured Exception Handler Overwrite Protection (SEHOP) on the system and applications adding additional levels of protection.

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EMET 3.0 Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> EMET -> "Default Protections for Microsoft Works, Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Acrobat Reader products" to "Enabled". EMET 4.0 Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> EMET -> "Default Protections for Recommended 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.

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