DTAVSEL-008 - The McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux 1.9.x/2.0.x On-Access scanner must be configured to scan files when being written to disk.

Information

Anti-virus software is the most commonly used technical control for malware threat mitigation. Real-time scanning of files as they are written to disk is a crucial first line of defense from malware attacks.

Solution

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 'Detections' tab, next to 'Scan files:', select the check box for 'When writing to disk'.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_McAfee_VSEL_1-9_2-0_Y20M04_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

References: 800-53|SI-3c.2., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001243, Rule-ID|SV-77499r1_rule, STIG-ID|DTAVSEL-008, Vuln-ID|V-63009

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 77665eb7543b34322bafef2c05c4670f3d5aba0e10460b0fb9a7426b64831bf6