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V-74241

CAT II (Medium)

The McAfee Application Control Options Inventory option must be configured to hide OS Files.

Rule ID

SV-88915r1_rule

STIG

McAfee Application Control 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R4

CCIs

CCI-001774

Discussion

By default, the Windows operating system files are excluded from the inventory. By selecting this option, the overwhelming the inventory with legitimate Windows Files in the <system drive>\Windows folder which are signed by the Microsoft certificate and all files in the <system drive>\Windows\winsxs folder will not be included in the inventory.

Check Content

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 "Inventory" tab, review options selected.

If the "Hide Windows OS Files: Inventory items signed with Microsoft certificates will not be sent to McAfee ePO." option is not selected, this is a finding.

Fix Text

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 "Inventory" tab, place a check in the "Inventory: Hide Windows OS Files: Inventory items signed with Microsoft certificates will not be sent to McAfee ePO." check box.

Click "Save".