Title

The McAfee VirusScan unwanted programs action email parameter is not configured as required. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

This setting is required for the On Delivery Email Scan Policies. When an unwanted program is found the first action to be performed is the "Prompt for action” option. At that time the option to delete, clean, or archive the program is presented to the user.

Check Content

From the ePO server console, select Systems tab, select the asset to be checked, select the Policies tab, select from the product pull down list VirusScan Enterprise 8.7.0. Locate in the Category column the On Delivery Email Scan Policies. Select from the Policy column the policy associated with the On Delivery Email Scan Policies. Under the Actions tab, locate the "When an unwanted program is found:" section. In the “Perform this action first:” pull down menu, select the "Clean Attachments” option. Select save. Criteria: If the option "Clean Attachments” is selected, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

From the ePO server console, select Systems tab, select the asset to be checked, select the Policies tab, select from the product pull down list VirusScan Enterprise 8.7.0. Locate in the Category column the On Delivery Email Scan Policies. Select from the Policy column the policy associated with the On Delivery Email Scan Policies. Under the Actions tab, locate the "When an unwanted program is found:" section. In the “Perform this action first:” pull down menu, select the "Clean attachments” option. Select save.

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Vulnerability ID: V-14652

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