The McAfee MOVE AV [Multi-Platform] General policy must be configured to scan when reading from disk.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-42945	AV-MOVE-CLT-010	SV-55674r1_rule		Medium

Description
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.

STIG	Date
McAfee MOVE 2.6/3.6.1 Multi-Platform Client STIG	2016-04-05

Details

Check Text ( C-49131r1_chk )
From the ePO server console System Tree, select the Systems tab, find and click on the asset to which the McAfee MOVE AV Client has been deployed. Select Actions, select Agent, and select Modify Policies on a Single System. From the product drop-down list, select MOVE AV [Multi-Platform] Client. Click on the MOVE AV [Multi-Platform] Client policy to open the properties. Under the Scan Items tab, locate the "Scan files:" label. Ensure the "When reading from disk" check box is selected. If the "When reading from disk" check box is not selected, this is a finding. On the local client, access a cmd window, running as administrator. Navigate to the path to which the McAfee AV Client has been installed (default is C:\Program Files\McAfee\MOVE AV Client on 32-bit systems or C:\Program Files(x86)\McAfee\MOVE AV Client on 64-bit systems). Execute the following command: mvadm config show The ScanFlags value will show a value of 1 for "Reading from disk", 2 for "Writing to disk", 3 for "Reading from disk" and "Writing to disk", 6 for "Writing to disk" and "Opened for backup", and 7 for "Reading from disk", "Writing to disk", and "Opened for backup". A value of 1, 3 or 7 is valid for this requirement. If the "ScanFlags" setting does not have a value of 1, 3 or 7, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-49131r1_chk )

From the ePO server console System Tree, select the Systems tab, find and click on the asset to which the McAfee MOVE AV Client has been deployed. Select Actions, select Agent, and select Modify Policies on a Single System.

From the product drop-down list, select MOVE AV [Multi-Platform] Client. Click on the MOVE AV [Multi-Platform] Client policy to open the properties.

Under the Scan Items tab, locate the "Scan files:" label. Ensure the "When reading from disk" check box is selected.

If the "When reading from disk" check box is not selected, this is a finding.

On the local client, access a cmd window, running as administrator.
Navigate to the path to which the McAfee AV Client has been installed (default is C:\Program Files\McAfee\MOVE AV Client on 32-bit systems or C:\Program Files(x86)\McAfee\MOVE AV Client on 64-bit systems).

Execute the following command:
mvadm config show
The ScanFlags value will show a value of 1 for "Reading from disk", 2 for "Writing to disk", 3 for "Reading from disk" and "Writing to disk", 6 for "Writing to disk" and "Opened for backup", and 7 for "Reading from disk", "Writing to disk", and "Opened for backup". A value of 1, 3 or 7 is valid for this requirement.

If the "ScanFlags" setting does not have a value of 1, 3 or 7, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-48524r1_fix)
From the ePO server console System Tree, select the Systems tab, find and click on the asset to which the McAfee MOVE AV Client has been deployed. Select Actions, select Agent, and select Modify Policies on a Single System. From the product drop-down list, select MOVE AV [Multi-Platform] Client. Click on the MOVE AV [Multi-Platform] Client policy to open the properties. Under the Scan Items tab, locate the "Scan files:" label. Select the "When reading from disk" check box. Click Save.

Fix Text (F-48524r1_fix)