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5.239 - Disable heap termination on corruption in Windows Explorer.

Information

This check verifies that heap termination on corruption is disabled. This may prevent Windows Explorer from terminating immediately from certain legacy plug-in applications.

Solution

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Explorer 'Turn off heap termination on corruption' to 'Disabled'.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_7_V1R32_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6, CAT|III, CCI|CCI-002385, CSCv6|3.1, CSCv6|8.4, Rule-ID|SV-25191r2_rule, STIG-ID|5.239, Vuln-ID|V-15718

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: b4b3f0b47aad80a2e917f50a5fed2710dff01e2e803ea694a802bada1c6aa293