Microsoft Windows: Turn off Windows Error Reporting
🗓️ 24 Jun 2019 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbHType
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| microsoft | www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx |
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if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.109887");
script_version("2022-08-31T10:10:28+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-08-31 10:10:28 +0000 (Wed, 31 Aug 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-06-24 06:23:05 +0000 (Mon, 24 Jun 2019)");
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 Windows Error Reporting");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
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:"0;1", id:1);
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=25250");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This policy setting controls whether or not errors are reported
to Microsoft.
Error Reporting is used to report information about a system or application that has failed or has
stopped responding and is used to improve the quality of the product.
If you enable this policy setting, users are not given the option to report errors.
If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the errors may be reported to Microsoft via
the Internet or to a corporate file share.
This policy setting overrides any user setting made from the Control Panel for error reporting.
Also see the 'Configure Error Reporting', 'Display Error Notification' and 'Disable Windows Error
Reporting' policy settings under Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows
Components/Windows Error Reporting.
(C) Microsoft Corporation 2015.");
exit(0);
}
include("smb_nt.inc");
include("policy_functions.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
target_os = "Microsoft Windows 7 or later";
win_min_ver = "6.1";
title = "Turn off Windows Error Reporting";
solution = "Set following UI path accordingly: System/Internet Communication Management/Internet
Communication settings/" + title;
test_type = "RegKey";
type = "HKLM";
key = "Software\Policies\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting";
item = "DoReport";
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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