Turn off heap termination on corruptionID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:40319 | Date: (C)2017-04-25 (M)2023-05-09 |
Class: COMPLIANCE | Family: windows |
Disabling heap termination on corruption can allow certain legacy plug-in applications to function without terminating Explorer immediately, although Explorer may still terminate unexpectedly later.
Vulnerability:
Enabling or not configuring this setting can allow certain types of malware to affect Explorer stability and effectively perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Counter Measure:
Disable this setting depending on your organization's requirements.
Potential Impact:
Disabling this policy setting will ensure that Data Execution Prevention blocks certain types of malware from exploiting Explorer.
Fix:
(1) GPO: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\File Explorer\Turn off heap termination on corruption
(2) REG: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer!NoHeapTerminationOnCorruption
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |