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V-224924

CAT II

Early Launch Antimalware, Boot-Start Driver Initialization Policy must prevent boot drivers identified as bad.

Ships Affected
1
Total Findings
8
Open
0
Closed
8

Check Text

The default behavior is for Early Launch Antimalware - Boot-Start Driver Initialization policy to enforce "Good, unknown and bad but critical" (preventing "bad"). If the registry value name below does not exist, this is not a finding. If it exists and is configured with a value of "0x00000007 (7)", this is a finding. Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Registry Path: \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Policies\EarlyLaunch\ Value Name: DriverLoadPolicy Value Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0x00000001 (1), 0x00000003 (3), or 0x00000008 (8) (or if the Value Name does not exist) Possible values for this setting are: 8 - Good only 1 - Good and unknown 3 - Good, unknown and bad but critical 7 - All (which includes "bad" and would be a finding)

Fix Text

The default behavior is for Early Launch Antimalware - Boot-Start Driver Initialization policy to enforce "Good, unknown and bad but critical" (preventing "bad"). If this needs to be corrected or 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.

STIG Reference

STIG
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Security Technical Implementation Guide
Version
2
Release
10
Rule ID
SV-224924r991589_rule

All Occurrences

This vulnerability appears on 1 ship(s)

Ship Hull # Source File Status Assigned To Scan Date Actions
USNS MONTFORD POINT T-ESD-1 _Reviewed/MONT-AP-002/Checklist/MONT-AP-002_WinServer2016_V2R10_20251023-144214.ckl
Unassigned 2026-01-14T12:57:42.721079 View in Context
USNS MONTFORD POINT T-ESD-1 _Reviewed/MONT-BE-002/Checklist/MONT-BE-002_WinServer2016_V2R10_20251023-143943.ckl
Unassigned 2026-01-14T12:57:41.363810 View in Context
USNS MONTFORD POINT T-ESD-1 _Reviewed/MONT-DB-002/Checklist/MONT-DB-002_WinServer2016_V2R10_20251023-144132.ckl
Unassigned 2026-01-14T12:57:39.082634 View in Context
USNS MONTFORD POINT T-ESD-1 _Reviewed/MONT-DC-003/Checklist/MONT-DC-003_WinServer2016_V2R10_20251023-172220.ckl
Unassigned 2026-01-14T12:57:37.248886 View in Context
USNS MONTFORD POINT T-ESD-1 _Reviewed/MONT-DP-001/Checklist/MONT-DP-001_WinServer2016_V2R10_20251023-144106.ckl
Unassigned 2026-01-14T12:57:35.637816 View in Context
USNS MONTFORD POINT T-ESD-1 _Reviewed/MONT-MB-002/Checklist/MONT-MB-002_WinServer2016_V2R10_20251023-152736.ckl
Unassigned 2026-01-14T12:57:33.842838 View in Context
USNS MONTFORD POINT T-ESD-1 _Reviewed/MONT-VSF-003/Checklist/MONT-VSF-003_WinServer2016_V2R10_20251023-143935.ckl
Unassigned 2026-01-14T12:57:31.534241 View in Context
USNS MONTFORD POINT T-ESD-1 _Reviewed/MONT-VSF-004/Checklist/MONT-VSF-004_WinServer2016_V2R10_20251023-143909.ckl
Unassigned 2026-01-14T12:57:30.046447 View in Context
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