STIGUI
V-288475CAT II — Medium severitySV-288475r1256669_rule

All Wi-Fi Direct adapters must be disabled on the system.

Rule version WN11-00-000400 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

Wi-Fi Direct establishes a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection that lacks robust authentication. Due to its vulnerability to several types of attacks (including SSID spoofing and unauthorized network bridge), there is potential for sensitive information to be compromised.

Check

Determine whether any Wi-Fi Direct adapters exist on the system.

Open PowerShell with elevated privileges (run as administrator).

Enter the following command:

Get-NetAdapter -InterfaceDescription "Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct*" -IncludeHidden

If there are no Wi-Fi Direct adapters configured on the system, no adapter information will display.

If any Wi-Fi Direct adapters are listed, this is a finding.

Fix

Remove existing Wi-Fi Direct adapters from the system.

Open PowerShell with elevated privileges (run as administrator).

Enter the following command:

Get-NetAdapter -InterfaceDescription "Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct*" -IncludeHidden | Disable-NetAdapter -Confirm:$false".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-288475
Group title
SRG-OS-000096-GPOS-00050
Rule ID
SV-288475r1256669_rule
Check ID
C-93164r1256667_chk
Fix ID
F-93069r1256668_fix