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The McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux 1.9.0 On Demand scanner must be configured to find unknown program viruses.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-49061 DTAVSEL-102 SV-61963r1_rule Medium
Description
Due to the ability of malware to mutate after infection, standard antivirus signatures may not be able to catch new strains or variants of the malware. Typically, these strains and variants will share unique characteristics with others in their virus family. By using a generic signature to detect the shared characteristics, using wildcards where differences lie, the generic signature can detect viruses even if they are padded with extra, meaningless code. This method of detection is Heuristic detection.
STIG Date
McAfee MOVE Agentless 3.0 VSEL 1.9 for SVA STIG 2014-05-08

Details

Check Text ( C-49444r2_chk )
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 Tasks on a Single System.

From the list of available tasks in the "Task Name" column, with the assistance of the ePO SA, identify the weekly On Demand scan client task.

If a weekly On Demand scan client task does not exist, this is a finding.

For the designated weekly On Demand scan client task, verify the "Task Type" is listed as "On Demand Scan".
Verify the "Status" is listed as "Enabled".
Under the "Task Name" column, click on the link for the designated task to review the task properties.

In the "Advanced" tab, next to the Heuristics, verify the check box for "Find unknown program viruses" has been selected.

If the task designated as the regularly scheduled On Demand Scan, next to the Heuristics, the check box for "Find unknown program viruses" has not been selected, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-49555r2_fix)
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.

If a task does not exist for the regularly scheduled weekly scan, create a New Client Task to run an On Demand scan at least weekly.

Click on Actions | Agent | Modify Tasks on a Single System.

From the list of available tasks in the "Task Name" column, with the assistance of the ePO SA, identify the weekly On Demand scan client task.

For the designated weekly On Demand scan client task, verify the "Task Type" is listed as "On Demand Scan".
Under the "Task Name" column, click on the link for the designated task to review the task properties.

In the "Advanced" tab, next to the Heuristics, select the check box for "Find unknown program viruses".

Click Save.