V-224924
CAT IIEarly 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 |