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WN25-CC-000130 - Windows Server 2025 Early Launch Antimalware, Boot-Start Driver Initialization Policy must prevent boot drivers identified as bad.
Information
Compromised boot drivers can introduce malware prior to protection mechanisms that load after initialization. The Early Launch Antimalware driver can limit allowed drivers based on classifications determined by the malware protection application. At a minimum, drivers determined to be bad must not be allowed.Solution
The default behavior is for Early Launch Antimalware - Boot-Start Driver Initialization policy to enforce 'Good, unknown and bad but critical' (preventing 'bad').To correct this, or if a more secure setting is desired, configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> System >> Early Launch Antimalware >> Boot-Start Driver Initialization Policy to 'Not Configured' or 'Enabled' with any option other than 'All' selected.
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_Server_2025_V1R4_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA Microsoft Windows Server 2025 STIG v1r4
Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-278091r1268251_rule, STIG-ID|WN25-CC-000130, Vuln-ID|V-278091
Plugin: Windows
Control ID: 595c5b1c08b30fc9e578202733db7ba1807e394c2908490d7611aadd29227fd4