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Additional registry fix for CVE-2015-6161

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Enable this policy to change the registry value FEATURE_ALLOW_USER32_EXCEPTION_HANDLER_HARDENING to 1. This modification is necessary to fully fix an ASLR bypass vulnerability (CVE-2015-6161). For more information, refer to the MS15-124 security bulletin (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2015/ms15-124).

Policy Details

Policy Name
User32_Exception
Registry Key
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_ALLOW_USER32_EXCEPTION_HANDLER_HARDENING
Supported On
At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
Available Languages
en-usfr-fr

Supported Values

Simple Enabled/Disabled toggle controlling whether the value exists under the configured registry key.