STIGQter: STIG Summary: McAfee VirusScan 8.8 Managed Client STIG Version: 5 Release: 21 Benchmark Date: 25 Oct 2019:

McAfee VirusScan On Delivery Email Scan Policies must be configured to find unknown macro threats.

DISA Rule

SV-55171r2_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-6588

Group Title

DTAM023- McAfee VirusScan find unknown macro virus

Rule Version

DTAM023

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001662 - The information system takes organization-defined corrective action when organization-defined unacceptable mobile code is identified.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

From the ePO server console System Tree, select the Systems tab, select the asset to be checked, select Actions, select Agent, and select Modify Policies on a Single System. From the product pull down list, select VirusScan Enterprise 8.8.0. Select from the Policy column the policy associated with the On Delivery Email Scan Policies. Under the Scan Items tab, locate the "Heuristics:" label. Select the "Find unknown macro threats" option. Select Save.

Check Contents

Note: If an email client is not running on this system, this check can be marked as Not Applicable.

From the ePO server console System Tree, select the Systems tab, select the asset to be checked, select Actions, select Agent, and select Modify Policies on a Single System. From the product pull down list, select VirusScan Enterprise 8.8.0. Select from the Policy column the policy associated with the On Delivery Email Scan Policies. Under the Scan Items tab, locate the "Heuristics:" label. Ensure the "Find unknown macro threats" option is selected.

Criteria: If the "Find unknown macro threats" option is selected, 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\DetectionOptions

Criteria: If the value dwMacroHeuristicsLevel is 1, this is not a finding. If the value is 0, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-6588

Documentable

False

Rule Version

DTAM023

Severity Override Guidance

Note: If an email client is not running on this system, this check can be marked as Not Applicable.

From the ePO server console System Tree, select the Systems tab, select the asset to be checked, select Actions, select Agent, and select Modify Policies on a Single System. From the product pull down list, select VirusScan Enterprise 8.8.0. Select from the Policy column the policy associated with the On Delivery Email Scan Policies. Under the Scan Items tab, locate the "Heuristics:" label. Ensure the "Find unknown macro threats" option is selected.

Criteria: If the "Find unknown macro threats" option is selected, 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\DetectionOptions

Criteria: If the value dwMacroHeuristicsLevel is 1, this is not a finding. If the value is 0, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Responsibility

System Administrator

Target Key

2266

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