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The HBSS McAfee Agent must be installed.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-15505 WN12-GE-000019 SV-53010r3_rule Medium
Description
The McAfee Agent is the client side distributed component of McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (McAfee ePO) which provides a secure communication channel between the ePO server and managed point products.
STIG Date
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide 2018-10-30

Details

Check Text ( C-73961r2_chk )
Run "Services.msc".

Verify the McAfee Agent service is running, depending on the version installed.

Version - Service Name
McAfee Agent v5.x - McAfee Agent Service
McAfee Agent v4.x - McAfee Framework Service

If the service is not listed or does not have a Status of "Started", this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-45937r1_fix)
Deploy the McAfee Agent as detailed in accordance with the DoD HBSS STIG.