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Microsoft Windows: Untrusted Font Blocking

🗓️ 07 Aug 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AGType 
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This security feature prevents loading untrusted fonts from outside the %windir%\Fonts directory in Microsoft Windows. It can be configured in three modes: On, Off, and Audit, affecting font blocking behavior

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.109535");
  script_version("2023-08-23T05:05:12+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-08-23 05:05:12 +0000 (Wed, 23 Aug 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-08-07 14:04:55 +0200 (Tue, 07 Aug 2018)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"0.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"qod", value:"97");
  script_name("Microsoft Windows: Untrusted Font Blocking");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Policy");
  script_dependencies("compliance_tests.nasl", "smb_reg_service_pack.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Compliance/Launch");

  script_add_preference(name:"Value", type:"radio", value:"1000000000000;2000000000000;3000000000000", id:1);

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=25250");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This security feature provides a global setting to prevent
programs from loading untrusted fonts. Untrusted fonts are any font installed outside of the
%windir%\Fonts directory. This feature can be configured to be in 3 modes: On, Off, and Audit. By
default, it is Off and no fonts are blocked. If you aren't quite ready to deploy this feature into
your organization, you can run it in Audit mode to see if blocking untrusted fonts causes any
usability or compatibility issues.

(C) 2015 Microsoft Corporation.");

  exit(0);
}

include("smb_nt.inc");
include("policy_functions.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

target_os = "Microsoft Windows 8.1 or later";
win_min_ver = "6.3";
title = "Untrusted Font Blocking";
solution = "Set following UI path accordingly:
Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/System/Mitigation Options/" + title;
test_type = "RegKey";
type = "HKLM";
key = "SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\MitigationOptions";
item = "MitigationOptions_FontBocking";
reg_path = type + "\" + key + "!" + item;
default = script_get_preference("Value");

if(!policy_verify_win_ver(min_ver:win_min_ver)){
  results = policy_report_wrong_os(target_os:target_os);
}else{
  results = policy_match_reg_sz(key:key, item:item, type:type, default:default, partial:FALSE);
}

value = results["value"];
comment = results["comment"];
compliant = results["compliant"];

policy_reporting(result:value, default:default, compliant:compliant, fixtext:solution,
  type:test_type, test:reg_path, info:comment);
policy_set_kbs(type:test_type, cmd:reg_path, default:default, solution:solution, title:title,
  value:value, compliant:compliant);

exit(0);

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