Harden Windows Server 2016

# IE Enhanced Security:

$AdminKey = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{A509B1A7-37EF-4b3f-8CFC-4F3A74704073}"
$UserKey = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{A509B1A8-37EF-4b3f-8CFC-4F3A74704073}"
    Set-ItemProperty -Path $AdminKey -Name "IsInstalled" -Value 0
    Set-ItemProperty -Path $UserKey -Name "IsInstalled" -Value 0
    Stop-Process -Name Explorer

# IE Hardending:
reg add “HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_ALLOW_USER32_EXCEPTION_HANDLER_HARDENING” /v iexplore.exe /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
reg add “HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_ALLOW_USER32_EXCEPTION_HANDLER_HARDENING” /v iexplore.exe /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
reg add “HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_ENABLE_PRINT_INFO_DISCLOSURE_FIX” /v iexplore.exe /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
reg add “HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_ENABLE_PRINT_INFO_DISCLOSURE_FIX” /v iexplore.exe /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

#Turn off UAC:
reg add “HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System” /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

#Remediation of Vulnerabilities:

reg add “HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_ENABLE_PRINT_INFO_DISCLOSURE_FIX” /v iexplore.exe /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

reg add “HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_ENABLE_PRINT_INFO_DISCLOSURE_FIX” /v iexplore.exe /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

reg add “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management” /v FeatureSettingsOverride /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management" /v FeatureSettingsOverrideMask /t REG_DWORD /d 3 /f

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Virtualization" /v MinVmVersionForCpuBasedMitigations /t REG_SZ /d "1.0" /f

reg add “HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_ALLOW_USER32_EXCEPTION_HANDLER_HARDENING” /v iexplore.exe /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

reg add “HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_ALLOW_USER32_EXCEPTION_HANDLER_HARDENING” /v iexplore.exe /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

PowerShell Script to Check Remediations:

$ieKeys=@(@("CVE-2017-829 (32-Bit)","HKLM:SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_ENABLE_PRINT_INFO_DISCLOSURE_FIX"),
@("CVE-2017-8529 (64-bit)","HKLM:SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_ENABLE_PRINT_INFO_DISCLOSURE_FIX"),
@("ASLR Hardening Setting for IE (32-Bit)","HKLM:SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_ALLOW_USER32_EXCEPTION_HANDLER_HARDENING"),
@("ASLR Hardening Setting for IE (64-Bit)","HKLM:SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_ALLOW_USER32_EXCEPTION_HANDLER_HARDENING")
)

$memKeys=@(
@("CVE-2017-5715",“HKLM:SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management”,"FeatureSettingsOverride","0"),
@("CVE-2017-5715","HKLM:SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management","FeatureSettingsOverrideMask","3"),
@("CVE-2017-5753-54","HKLM:SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Virtualization","MinVmVersionForCpuBasedMitigations","1.0")
)

$snmpKeys=@(@("HKLM:System\CurrentControlSet\Services\snmp\parameters","TrapConfiguration","1"))

"----------------------------------------------------------"
"Internet Explorer Registry Keys"
foreach ($ieKey in $ieKeys){
    $value=(Get-ItemProperty -Path $ieKey[1] -Name "iexplore.exe").'iexplore.exe'
    $result=if($value -eq 1){"pass"}else{"fail"}
    $ieKey[0] + ": " + $result
}

"----------------------------------------------------------"

"Memory Management Registry Keys"

foreach ($memKey in $memKeys){
    $value=(Get-ItemProperty -Path $memKey[1] -Name $memKey[2]).[string]($memKey[2])
    $result=if($value -eq $memKey[3]){"pass"}else{"fail"}
    $memKey[0]+ ": " + $result
}

"----------------------------------------------------------"

$value=(Get-ItemProperty -Path $snmpKeys[0] -Name $snmpKeys[1]).[string]($snmpKeys[1])

$result=if($value -eq $snmpKeys[2]){"pass"}else{"fail"}

"SNMP "+ $snmpKeys[0]+ ": " + $result

"----------------------------------------------------------"

# Virtualization Memory Security:
reg add “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management” /v FeatureSettingsOverride /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management" /v FeatureSettingsOverrideMask /t REG_DWORD /d 3 /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Virtualization" /v MinVmVersionForCpuBasedMitigations /t REG_SZ /d "1.0" /f