Title

The McAfee MOVE AV Agentless Scan policy must be configured to scan files when opened. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Antivirus software is the most commonly used technical control for malware threat mitigation. Real-time scanning of files as they are read from disk is a crucial first line of defense from malware attacks.

Check Content

From the ePO server console System Tree, select "My Organization". Select the Systems tab. To show all systems in the System Tree, select "This Group and All Subgroups" from the "Preset:" drop-down list. From the list of systems, locate the asset representing the McAfee MOVE Security Virtual Appliance (SVA). Click on the system to open the System Information page. Click on Actions | Agent | Modify Policies on a Single System. From the "Product:" drop-down list, select MOVE AV [Agentless] 3.0.0. Locate "Scan" under the "Category" column and select the policy corresponding to it, found under the "Policy" column. In the Scan Items tab of the Policy Settings, next to the "On-Access Scan files:", verify the checkbox for "On Open" is selected. If the checkbox for "On-Access Scan files: On Open" is not selected, this is a finding.

Fix Text

From the ePO server console System Tree, select "My Organization". Select the Systems tab. To show all systems in the System Tree, select "This Group and All Subgroups" from the "Preset:" drop-down list. From the list of systems, locate the asset representing the McAfee MOVE Security Virtual Appliance (SVA). Click on the system to open the System Information page. Click on Actions | Agent | Modify Policies on a Single System. From the "Product:" drop-down list, select MOVE AV [Agentless] 3.0.0. Locate "Scan" under the "Category" column and select the policy corresponding to it, found under the "Policy" column. In the Scan Items tab of the Policy Settings, next to the "On-Access Scan files:", select the checkbox for "On Open". Click on Save.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-57803r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-44969

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