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Microsoft Windows: Turn off the advertising ID

🗓️ 07 Aug 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AGType 
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Turn off advertising ID to prevent app trackin

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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.109548");
  script_version("2023-12-22T05:05:24+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-12-22 05:05:24 +0000 (Fri, 22 Dec 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: Turn off the advertising ID");
  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:"1;0", id:1);

  script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"CIS Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise Benchmark v2.0.0: 18.9.48.1 (L2) Ensure 'Turn off the advertising ID' is set to 'Enabled'");
  script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"CIS Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise (Release 22H2) Benchmark v2.0.0: 18.9.48.1 (L2) Ensure 'Turn off the advertising ID' is set to 'Enabled'");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=25250");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This policy setting turns off the advertising ID, preventing
apps from using the ID for experiences across apps.

If you enable this policy setting, the advertising ID is turned off. Apps can't use the ID for
experiences across apps.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can control whether apps can use the
advertising ID for experiences across apps.

(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 = "Turn off the advertising ID";
solution = "Set following UI path accordingly:
Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/System/User Profiles/" + title;
test_type = "RegKey";
type = "HKLM";
key = "Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AdvertisingInfo";
item = "DisabledByGroupPolicy";
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_exact_reg_dword(key:key, item:item, type:type, default:default);
}

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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