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Microsoft Defender Antivirus Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Microsoft Defender AV must be configured to block Office applications from injecting into other processes.

    <VulnDiscussion>Office apps, such as Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, will not be able to inject code into other processes. This is typically used...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000210

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Microsoft Defender AV must be configured to impede JavaScript and VBScript to launch executables.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;JavaScript and VBScript scripts can be used by malware to launch other malicious apps. This rule prevents these scripts from ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000210

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Microsoft Defender AV must be configured to disable local setting override for reporting to Microsoft MAPS.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting configures a local override for the configuration to join Microsoft MAPS. This setting can only be set by...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000278

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SRG-APP-000279

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Microsoft Defender AV must be configured to not allow override of monitoring for incoming and outgoing file activity.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting configures a local override for the configuration of monitoring for incoming and outgoing file activity. ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000209

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Microsoft Defender AV must be configured to not allow override of scanning for downloaded files and attachments.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting configures a local override for the configuration of scanning for all downloaded files and attachments. T...
    Rule Medium Severity

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