Title

McAfee VirusScan Buffer Overflow Protection Policies must be configured to record scanning activity in a log file. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Log management is essential to ensuring that computer security records are stored in sufficient detail for an appropriate period of time. Routine log analysis is beneficial for identifying security incidents, policy violations, fraudulent activity, and operational problems. Logs are also useful when performing auditing and forensic analysis, supporting internal investigations, establishing baselines, and identifying operational trends and long-term problems.

Check Content

NOTE: Buffer Overflow Protection is not installed on 64-bit systems and would be Not Applicable to 64-bit systems. NOTE: On 32-bit systems, when Host Intrusion Prevention is also installed, Buffer Overflow Protection will show as "Disabled because a Host Intrusion Prevention product is installed"; this check would be Not Applicable. From the ePO server console System Tree, select the Systems tab, select the asset to be checked, select Actions, select Agent, and select Modify Policies on a Single System. From the product pull down list, select VirusScan Enterprise 8.8.0. Select from the Policy column the policy associated with the Buffer Overflow Protection Policies. Under the Reports tab, locate the "Log to file:" label. Ensure the "Enable activity logging and accept the default location for the log file or specify a new location" option is selected. Criteria: If the "Enable activity logging and accept the default location for the log file or specify a new location" option is selected, this is not a finding. On the client machine, use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\McAfee\ (32-bit) SystemCore\VSCore\On Access Scanner\BehaviourBlocking Criteria: If the value bLogToFile_Ent is 1, this is not a finding. If the value is 0, this is a finding.

Fix Text

From the ePO server console System Tree, select the Systems tab, select the asset to be checked, select Actions, select Agent, and select Modify Policies on a Single System. From the product pull down list, select VirusScan Enterprise 8.8.0. Select from the Policy column the policy associated with the Buffer Overflow Protection Policies. Under the Reports tab, locate the "Log to file:" label. Select the "Enable activity logging and accept the default location for the log file or specify a new location" option. Select Save.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-216943r397870_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-216943

Group Title: SRG-APP-000278

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