Software certificate restriction policies are not enforced.

From Windows 2008 Domain Controller Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000366

SV-29735r1_rule Software certificate restriction policies are not enforced.

Vulnerability discussion

Software restriction policies help to protect users and computers from executing unauthorized code such as viruses and Trojans horses.

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Analyze the system using the Security Configuration and Analysis snap-in. Expand the Security Configuration and Analysis tree view. Navigate to Local Policies -> Security Options. If the value for “System Settings: Use Certificate Rules on Windows Executables for Software Restriction Policies” is not set to “Enabled”, then this is a finding. The policy referenced configures the following registry value: Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Registry Path: \Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Safer\CodeIdentifiers\ Value Name: AuthenticodeEnabled Value Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1

Fix text

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options -> “System Settings: Use Certificate Rules on Windows Executables for Software Restriction Policies” to “Enabled”.

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