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1.32 WN11-00-000150

Information

Structured Exception Handling Overwrite Protection (SEHOP) must be enabled.

GROUP ID: V-253284
RULE ID: SV-253284r958928

Attackers are constantly looking for vulnerabilities in systems and applications. Structured Exception Handling Overwrite Protection (SEHOP) blocks exploits that use the Structured Exception Handling overwrite technique, a common buffer overflow attack.

Solution

Configure the policy value for

Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> MS Security Guide >> 'Enable Structured Exception Handling Overwrite Protection (SEHOP)'

to 'Enabled'.

This policy setting requires the installation of the SecGuide custom templates included with the STIG package. 'SecGuide.admx' and 'SecGuide.adml' must be copied to the \Windows\PolicyDefinitions and \Windows\PolicyDefinitions\en-US directories respectively.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27756

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

References: 800-53|SI-16, CCI|CCI-002824, Rule-ID|SV-253284r958928_rule, STIG-ID|WN11-00-000150, Vuln-ID|V-253284

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 598795b803be9b5b6acc1f8ac9b410c264a0acf0a2b8dd0ca58c57963e5e01f5