STIGQter: STIG Summary: Microsoft Edge Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 14 Jan 2021:

The Share Experience feature must be disabled.

DISA Rule

SV-235771r626523_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-235771

Group Title

SRG-APP-000141

Rule Version

EDGE-00-000059

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000381 - The organization configures the information system to provide only essential capabilities.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Configure the Share experience" to "Don't allow using the Share experience".

Check Contents

The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Configure the Share experience" must be set to "enabled" with the option value set to "Don't allow using the Share experience".

Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge

If the value for "ConfigureShare" is not set to "REG_DWORD = 1", this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-235771

Documentable

False

Rule Version

EDGE-00-000059

Severity Override Guidance

The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Configure the Share experience" must be set to "enabled" with the option value set to "Don't allow using the Share experience".

Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge

If the value for "ConfigureShare" is not set to "REG_DWORD = 1", this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5280

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