Policy CSP - ExploitGuard

ExploitProtectionSettings

Scope	Editions	Applicable OS
✅ Device ❌ User	✅ Pro ✅ Enterprise ✅ Education ✅ Windows SE ✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC	✅ Windows 10, version 1709 [10.0.16299] and later

./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ExploitGuard/ExploitProtectionSettings

Enables the IT admin to push out a configuration representing the desired system and application mitigation options to all the devices in the organization. The configuration is represented by an XML. For more information Exploit Protection, see Enable Exploit Protection on Devices and Import, export, and deploy Exploit Protection configurations. The system settings require a reboot; the application settings don't require a reboot.

Description framework properties:

Property name	Property value
Format	chr (string)
Access Type	Add, Delete, Get, Replace

Group policy mapping:

Name	Value
Name	ExploitProtection_Name
Friendly Name	Use a common set of exploit protection settings
Element Name	Type the location (local path, UNC path, or URL) of the mitigation settings configuration XML file.
Location	Computer Configuration
Path	Windows Components > Microsoft Defender Exploit Guard > Exploit Protection
Registry Key Name	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender ExploitGuard\Exploit Protection
ADMX File Name	ExploitGuard.admx

Example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<SyncML xmlns="SYNCML:SYNCML1.1">
  <SyncBody>
    <Replace>
      <CmdID>$CmdId$</CmdID>
      <Item>
        <Meta>
          <Format>chr</Format>
          <Type>text/plain</Type>
       </Meta>
        <Target>
          <LocURI>./Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ExploitGuard/ExploitProtectionSettings</LocURI>
        </Target>
        <Data><![CDATA[<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><MitigationPolicy><SystemConfig><SEHOP Audit="true" /></SystemConfig><AppConfig Executable="iexplore.exe"><ImageLoad AuditImageLoad="true" /><Payload AuditEnableExportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableExportAddressFilterPlus="true"AuditEnableImportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableRopStackPivot="true"AuditEnableRopCallerCheck="true"AuditEnableRopSimExec="true"/></AppConfig><AppConfig Executable="wordpad.exe"><DynamicCode Audit="true" /><SignedBinaries Audit="true" AuditStoreSigned="false" /><ImageLoad AuditImageLoad="true"  /><ChildProcess  Audit="true" /><Payload AuditEnableExportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableExportAddressFilterPlus="true"AuditEnableImportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableRopStackPivot="true"AuditEnableRopCallerCheck="true"AuditEnableRopSimExec="true"/></AppConfig><AppConfig Executable="notepad.exe"><DynamicCode Audit="true" /><SignedBinaries Audit="true" AuditStoreSigned="false" /><ImageLoad AuditImageLoad="true" /><ChildProcess Audit="true" /><Payload AuditEnableExportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableExportAddressFilterPlus="true"AuditEnableImportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableRopStackPivot="true"AuditEnableRopCallerCheck="true"AuditEnableRopSimExec="true"/></AppConfig><AppConfig Executable="outlook.exe"><Payload AuditEnableExportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableExportAddressFilterPlus="true"AuditEnableImportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableRopStackPivot="true"AuditEnableRopCallerCheck="true"AuditEnableRopSimExec="true"/></AppConfig><AppConfig Executable="winword.exe"><Payload AuditEnableExportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableExportAddressFilterPlus="true"AuditEnableImportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableRopStackPivot="true"AuditEnableRopCallerCheck="true"AuditEnableRopSimExec="true"/></AppConfig><AppConfig Executable="excel.exe"><Payload AuditEnableExportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableExportAddressFilterPlus="true"AuditEnableImportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableRopStackPivot="true"AuditEnableRopCallerCheck="true"AuditEnableRopSimExec="true"/></AppConfig><AppConfig Executable="powerpnt.exe"><Payload AuditEnableExportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableExportAddressFilterPlus="true"AuditEnableImportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableRopStackPivot="true"AuditEnableRopCallerCheck="true"AuditEnableRopSimExec="true"/></AppConfig><AppConfig Executable="AcroRd32.exe"><Payload AuditEnableExportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableExportAddressFilterPlus="true"AuditEnableImportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableRopStackPivot="true"AuditEnableRopCallerCheck="true"AuditEnableRopSimExec="true"/></AppConfig><AppConfig Executable="Acrobat.exe"><Payload AuditEnableExportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableExportAddressFilterPlus="true"AuditEnableImportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableRopStackPivot="true"AuditEnableRopCallerCheck="true"AuditEnableRopSimExec="true"/></AppConfig><AppConfig Executable="fltldr.exe"><DynamicCode Audit="true" /><ImageLoad AuditImageLoad="true" /><ChildProcess Audit="true" /><Payload AuditEnableExportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableExportAddressFilterPlus="true"AuditEnableImportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableRopStackPivot="true"AuditEnableRopCallerCheck="true"AuditEnableRopSimExec="true"/></AppConfig><AppConfig Executable="RuntimeBroker.exe"><ImageLoad AuditImageLoad="true" /><Payload AuditEnableExportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableExportAddressFilterPlus="true"AuditEnableImportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableRopStackPivot="true"AuditEnableRopCallerCheck="true"AuditEnableRopSimExec="true"/></AppConfig><AppConfig Executable="SearchIndexer.exe"><DynamicCode Audit="true" /><SignedBinaries Audit="true" AuditStoreSigned="false" /><Payload AuditEnableExportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableExportAddressFilterPlus="true"AuditEnableImportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableRopStackPivot="true"AuditEnableRopCallerCheck="true"AuditEnableRopSimExec="true"/></AppConfig><AppConfig Executable="java.exe"><Payload AuditEnableExportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableExportAddressFilterPlus="true"AuditEnableImportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableRopStackPivot="true"AuditEnableRopCallerCheck="true"AuditEnableRopSimExec="true"/></AppConfig><AppConfig Executable="javaws.exe"><Payload AuditEnableExportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableExportAddressFilterPlus="true"AuditEnableImportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableRopStackPivot="true"AuditEnableRopCallerCheck="true"AuditEnableRopSimExec="true"/></AppConfig><AppConfig Executable="javaw.exe"><Payload AuditEnableExportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableExportAddressFilterPlus="true"AuditEnableImportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableRopStackPivot="true"AuditEnableRopCallerCheck="true"AuditEnableRopSimExec="true"/></AppConfig><AppConfig Executable="EpSelfhostV1.exe"><DynamicCode Audit="true" /><ImageLoad AuditImageLoad="true" /><ChildProcess Audit="true" /><Payload AuditEnableExportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableExportAddressFilterPlus="true"AuditEnableImportAddressFilter="true"AuditEnableRopStackPivot="true"AuditEnableRopCallerCheck="true"AuditEnableRopSimExec="true"/></AppConfig></MitigationPolicy>]]></Data>
      </Item>
    </Replace>
    <Final/>
  </SyncBody>
</SyncML>

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