Detections
Analytics
WN25-CC-000310 - Windows Server 2025 Explorer Data Execution Prevention must be enabled.
Information
Data Execution Prevention provides additional protection by performing checks on memory to help prevent malicious code from running. This setting will prevent Data Execution Prevention from being turned off for File Explorer.Solution
The default behavior is for data execution prevention to be turned on for File Explorer.To correct this, configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> File Explorer >> Turn off Data Execution Prevention for Explorer to 'Not Configured' or 'Disabled'.
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_Server_2025_V1R1_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA Microsoft Windows Server 2025 STIG v1r1
Category: SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY
References: 800-53|SI-16, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002824, Rule-ID|SV-278109r1182061_rule, STIG-ID|WN25-CC-000310, Vuln-ID|V-278109
Plugin: Windows
Control ID: 88f08c2ad8c7552b1e07bfea9dcaec26f4ba6aa2a1a7a18a7f53e9931c8184a1