The McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux 1.9.x/2.0.x On-Access scanner must be configured to Move infected files to the quarantine directory if first action fails when a virus or Trojan is detected.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-63021	DTAVSEL-014	SV-77511r1_rule		Medium

Description
Malware may have infected a file that is necessary to the user. By configuring the anti-virus software to first attempt cleaning the infected file, availability to the file is not sacrificed. If a cleaning attempt is not successful, however, deleting the file is the only safe option to ensure the malware is not introduced onto the system or network.

STIG	Date
McAfee VSEL 1.9/2.0 Managed Client Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-03-24

Details

Check Text ( C-63773r1_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 Linux system being reviewed. Click on the system to open the System Information page. Click on Actions >> Agent >> Modify Policies on a Single System. From the "Product:" drop-down list, select "VirusScan Enterprise for Linux 1.9.x/2.0.x". From the "Policy" column, click on the policy for the "On-Access Scanning Policy". In the "Actions" tab, under the "When Viruses and Trojans are found:", next to "If the above action fails:", verify the "Move infected files to the quarantine directory" radio button is selected. If, next to "If the above action fails:", the radio button for "Move infected files to the quarantine directory" is not selected, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-63773r1_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 Linux system being reviewed. Click on the system to open the System Information page.

Click on Actions >> Agent >> Modify Policies on a Single System.

From the "Product:" drop-down list, select "VirusScan Enterprise for Linux 1.9.x/2.0.x".

From the "Policy" column, click on the policy for the "On-Access Scanning Policy".

In the "Actions" tab, under the "When Viruses and Trojans are found:", next to "If the above action fails:", verify the "Move infected files to the quarantine directory" radio button is selected.

If, next to "If the above action fails:", the radio button for "Move infected files to the quarantine directory" is not selected, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-68939r1_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 Linux system being reviewed. Click on the system to open the System Information page. Click on Actions >> Agent >> Modify Policies on a Single System. From the "Product:" drop-down list, select "VirusScan Enterprise for Linux 1.9.x/2.0.x". From the "Policy" column, click on the policy for the "On-Access Scanning Policy". In the "Actions" tab, under the "When Viruses and Trojans are found:", next to "If the above action fails:", select the radio button for "Move infected files to the quarantine directory". Click "Save".

Fix Text (F-68939r1_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 Linux system being reviewed. Click on the system to open the System Information page.

Click on Actions >> Agent >> Modify Policies on a Single System.

From the "Product:" drop-down list, select "VirusScan Enterprise for Linux 1.9.x/2.0.x".

From the "Policy" column, click on the policy for the "On-Access Scanning Policy".

In the "Actions" tab, under the "When Viruses and Trojans are found:", next to "If the above action fails:", select the radio button for "Move infected files to the quarantine directory".

Click "Save".