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

critical Nessus Plugin ID 54846

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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is a problem with the installation; either its services are not running or its engine and/or virus definitions are out of date.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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 54846

File Name: macosx_sophos_installed.nasl

Version: 1.47

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

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

Detections

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