Sophos Anti-Virus Detection and Status (Mac OS X)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 54846

Synopsis

An antivirus application is installed on the remote host, but it is not working properly.

Description

Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X, a commercial antivirus software package, is installed on the remote host. However, there is a problem with the installation; either its services are not running or its engine and/or virus definitions are out of date.

Solution

Make sure that updates are working and the associated services are running.

See Also

http://www.sophos.com/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 54846

File Name: macosx_sophos_installed.nasl

Version: 1.47

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 5/27/2011

Updated: 9/5/2022

Asset Inventory: true

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS Score Rationale: Updates to security software are critical.

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: manual

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus

Required KB Items: Antivirus/SophosOSX/installed