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V-74233

CAT II (Medium)

The McAfee Application Control Options policy must be configured to disable Self-Approval.

Rule ID

SV-88907r1_rule

STIG

McAfee Application Control 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R4

CCIs

CCI-001774

Discussion

The McAfee Application Control Self-Approval feature allows the user to take an action when a user tries to run a new or unknown application.

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From the ePO server console System Tree, select the "Systems" tab.

Select "This Group and All Subgroups".

Select the asset to be validated.

Select "Actions".

Select "Agent".

Select "Modify Policies on a Single System".

From the product pull-down list, select Solidcore 7.x: Application Control.

From the "Policy" column, select the policy associated with the Category "Application Control Options (Windows)".

On the "Self-Approval" tab, verify the "Enable Self-Approval" check box is not selected.

If the "Enable Self-Approval" check box is selected, this is a finding.

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From the ePO server console System Tree, select the "Systems" tab.

Select "This Group and All Subgroups".
Select the asset.
Select "Actions".
Select "Agent".
Select "Modify Policies on a Single System".

From the product pull-down list, select Solidcore 7.x: Application Control.

From the "Policy" column, select the policy associated with the Category "Application Control Options (Windows)".

On the "Self-Approval" tab, de-select the "Enable Self-Approval" check box.

Click "Save".