WN11-00-000150 - Structured Exception Handling Overwrite Protection (SEHOP) must be enabled.

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Information

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://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_11_V1R2_STIG.zip

Item Details

References: CAT|I, CCI|CCI-002824, Rule-ID|SV-253284r828936_rule, STIG-ID|WN11-00-000150, Vuln-ID|V-253284

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: fa0b61d4bd6d297b4cbbb756aa4c8053ed1b2443d374cba30bf52879f638f390