Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-42751 | DTASEP091 | SV-55479r1_rule | Medium |
Description |
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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 to not click hyperlinks, etc. from unknown or known senders, will not fully protect from email-borne malware. Mass mailing worms are similar to email-borne viruses but are self-contained rather than being designed to infect 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 |
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Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 Managed Client Antivirus | 2014-10-01 |
Check Text ( C-49023r2_chk ) |
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Server check: From the Symantec Endpoint Protection Management Server, Symantec Endpoint Protection Management Console: Select Policies -> Double-click the applied policy -> Under Windows Settings, Email Scans -> Select Microsoft Outlook Auto-Protect -> Select the Actions tab -> Under Actions -> Select Security Risks -> Observe the First action and the If first action fails boxes -> Ensure First action is set to "Delete Risk". Criteria: If First action is not set to "Delete Risk", this is a finding. On the client machine, use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: 32 bit: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection\AV\Storages\MicrosoftExchangeClient\RealTimeScan\Expanded 64 bit: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection\AV\Storages\MicrosoftExchangeClient\RealTimeScan\Expanded Criteria: If the value of "FirstAction" is not 3, this is a finding. |
Fix Text (F-48337r1_fix) |
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From the Symantec Endpoint Protection Management Server, Symantec Endpoint Protection Management Console: Select Policies -> Double-click the applied policy -> Under Windows Settings, Email Scans -> Select Microsoft Outlook Auto-Protect -> Select the Actions tab -> Under Actions -> Select Security Risks -> Observe the First action and the If first action fails boxes -> Set First action to "Delete Risk". |