McAfee VirusScan On-Delivery Email Scanner must be configured to send a notification email to the IAO, IAM and/or ePO administrator when a threatening email message is detected.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-42570	DTAM158	SV-55298r1_rule		Medium

Description
Email has become one of the most frequently used methods of spreading malware, through embedded HTML code and attachments. User awareness and training, warning users to not open suspicious emails or email attachments and not clicking on hyperlinks, etc., from unknown or known senders, will not fully protect from email-borne malware. Mass mailing worms are similar to an email-borne virus but is self-contained rather than infecting an existing file. Protecting from email-borne viruses and mass mailing worms by scanning email upon delivery mitigates the risk of infection via email.

Description

Email has become one of the most frequently used methods of spreading malware, through embedded HTML code and attachments. User awareness and training, warning users to not open suspicious emails or email attachments and not clicking on hyperlinks, etc., from unknown or known senders, will not fully protect from email-borne malware. Mass mailing worms are similar to an email-borne virus but is self-contained rather than infecting an existing file. Protecting from email-borne viruses and mass mailing worms by scanning email upon delivery mitigates the risk of infection via email.

STIG	Date
McAfee VirusScan 8.8 Local Client STIG	2014-04-03

Details

Check Text ( C-49369r1_chk )
Access the local VirusScan console by clicking Start->All Programs->McAfee->VirusScan Console. Under the Task column, select the On-Delivery Email Scanner Option, right-click, and select Properties. Under the Alerts tab, locate the "Email alert:" label. Ensure "Send alert to mail user:" is selected. Click on Configure. Verify the email recipient information is configured for a notification email to be sent to the IAO, IAM, ePO administrator, or System Administrator. Criteria: If the option "Email alert:" is selected and the email recipient information is configured for a notification email to be sent to IAO, IAM, ePO administrator, or System Administrator, 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\AlertOptions Criteria: If the value bSendMailToUser is 0, this is a finding. If the value for szSendTo is configured to any recipient other than the IAO, IAM, ePO Administrator, or System Administrator, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-49369r1_chk )

Access the local VirusScan console by clicking Start->All Programs->McAfee->VirusScan Console.
Under the Task column, select the On-Delivery Email Scanner Option, right-click, and select Properties.

Under the Alerts tab, locate the "Email alert:" label. Ensure "Send alert to mail user:" is selected.
Click on Configure. Verify the email recipient information is configured for a notification email to be sent to the IAO, IAM, ePO administrator, or System Administrator.

Criteria: If the option "Email alert:" is selected and the email recipient information is configured for a notification email to be sent to IAO, IAM, ePO administrator, or System Administrator, 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\AlertOptions

Criteria: If the value bSendMailToUser is 0, this is a finding.
If the value for szSendTo is configured to any recipient other than the IAO, IAM, ePO Administrator, or System Administrator, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-48152r2_fix)
Access the local VirusScan console by clicking Start->All Programs->McAfee->VirusScan Console. Under the Task column, select the On-Delivery Email Scanner Option, right-click, and select Properties. Under the Alerts tab, locate the "Email alert:" label. Click on Configure. Select the "Send alert to mail user:" option. Enter the email recipient information for the notification email to be sent to the IAO, IAM, ePO administrator, or System Administrator. Click OK to Save.

Fix Text (F-48152r2_fix)