STIGQter: STIG Summary: McAfee VirusScan 8.8 Managed Client STIG Version: 5 Release: 21 Benchmark Date: 25 Oct 2019:

McAfee VirusScan On-Delivery Email Scan Policies must be configured to enable on-delivery email scanning.

DISA Rule

SV-55153r2_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-6586

Group Title

DTAM021-McAfee VirusScan Exchange scanner

Rule Version

DTAM021

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001170 - The information system prevents the automatic execution of mobile code in organization-defined software applications.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

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 On Delivery Email Scan Policies. Under the Scan Items tab, locate the "Scanning of email:" label. Select the "Enable on-delivery email scanning" option. Select Save.

Check Contents

Note: If an email client is not running on this system, this check can be marked as 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 On-Delivery Email Scan Policies. Under the Scan Items tab, locate the "Scanning of email:" label. Ensure the "Enable on-delivery email scanning" option is selected.

Criteria: If the "Enable on-delivery email scanning" 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)
HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\McAfee\ (64-bit)
SystemCore\VSCore\Email Scanner\Outlook\OnDelivery\GeneralOptions

Criteria: If the value bEnabled is 1, this is not a finding. If the value is 0, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-6586

Documentable

False

Rule Version

DTAM021

Severity Override Guidance

Note: If an email client is not running on this system, this check can be marked as 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 On-Delivery Email Scan Policies. Under the Scan Items tab, locate the "Scanning of email:" label. Ensure the "Enable on-delivery email scanning" option is selected.

Criteria: If the "Enable on-delivery email scanning" 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)
HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\McAfee\ (64-bit)
SystemCore\VSCore\Email Scanner\Outlook\OnDelivery\GeneralOptions

Criteria: If the value bEnabled is 1, this is not a finding. If the value is 0, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Responsibility

System Administrator

Target Key

2266

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