IMPORTANT: When Microsoft releases new operating systems or Service Packs, the original PA product guides might not reflect the current support policy for those platforms. Most of the following information is available in the product, installation guides, and release notes. Some of the information is available only in the Product Management statements published in the Knowledge Base.
McAfee Enterprise product software, upgrades, maintenance releases, and documentation are available from the Product Downloads site.
Updated the McAfee Agent supported table.
Added an End of Life column to the Release Information table.
Deleted broken links to unpublished content.
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IMPORTANT: Several key issues have been resolved in PA 6.0 Update 1 (6.0.1) and PA 6.2 Extension Hotfix. For best results, upgrade to the latest release to obtain these key fixes. For new installations, install PA 6.2 or later.
1 You can download PA 6.0.1 Extension Hotfix 6.0.1.186 from the Support tab on the Product Downloads site. NOTE:This hotfix isn’tposted to the ServicePortal.
2 You can download PA 6.2.0 Extension Hotfix 6.2.0.249 from the Support tab on the Product Downloads site. NOTE:This hotfix isn’tposted to the ServicePortal.
3 Policy Auditor Agent 6.2.0.309, which is needed for Windows 10 support, is bundled with Policy Auditor Server extension version 6.2.0.253. This version is available on the Support tab on the Product Downloads site. NOTE: This hotfix isn’t posted to the ServicePortal.
IMPORTANT: Audit Engine Security Content Automation Package (SCAP) content updates for the following platforms are no longer provided as of May 2020. McAfee Labs no longer provides Audit Engine (CAP content updates for:
Mac OS X 10.11 and prior
CentOS
Debian 8 and prior
HP-UX
IBM AIX
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 2003
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and prior
Sun Solaris
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 and prior
Operating System
PA
6.5.0 6.5.1
PA
6.4.32
PA
6.4.21
PA
6.4.1
PA
6.4
PA
6.3
Mac OS X 10.15 (64-bit only)
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mac OS X 10.14 (64-bit only)
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mac OS X 10.13(64-bit only)
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mac OS X 10.12(64-bit only)
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mac OS X 10.11(64-bit only)
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mac OS X 10.10 (64-bit only)
-
-
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mac OS X 10.9(64-bit only)
-
-
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mac OS X 10.8(64-bit only)
-
-
No
No
No
Yes
CentOS 7
Yes
Yes
-
No
No
Yes
CentOS 6
-
Yes
-
No
No
Yes
CentOS 5
-
-
-
No
No
Yes
Debian 10
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Debian 9
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Debian 8
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Debian 7
Yes
-
-
No
No
Yes
Oracle Linux 7 3
No
-
-
No
No
Yes
Oracle Linux 6 3
No
-
-
No
No
Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 3
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
(32-bit and 64-bit)
-
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 5
(32-bit and 64-bit, 32-bit Agent on 64-bit hardware)
-
-
-
No
No
Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 5
(32-bit and 64-bit, 32-bit Agent on 64-bit hardware)
-
-
-
No
No
Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5
(32-bit and 64-bit, 32-bit Agent on 64-bit hardware)
-
-
-
No
No
Yes
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (SP3/SP4)
(32-bit and 64-bit hardware)
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
(32-bit and 64-bit hardware)
-
-
-
Yes
Yes
No
Windows 2022 Server
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Windows 2019 Server
Yes
Yes
-
-
-
-
Windows 2016 Server
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 2012 Server
-
-
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 2012 Server R2
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Server 2008
(32-bit and 64-bit)
-
-
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Server 2008 Core editions
(32-bit and 64-bit)
-
-
-
No
No
No
Windows Server 2008 R2
(32-bit and 64-bit)
-
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Server 2008 R2 Core
(32-bit and 64-bit)
-
Yes
-
No
No
No
Windows 10
Windows 10 Threshold 2
Windows 10 Anniversary Edition
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 10 Version 1607 (Creators Update)
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 10 Version 1703 (Creators Update)
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 10 Version 1709 (Fall Creators Update)
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 10 Version 1803 (April 2018 Update)
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 10 Version 1809 (October 2018 Update)
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 10 Version 1903 (May 2019 Update)
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 10 Version 1909 (November 2019 Update)
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 10 Version 2004 (May 2020 Update)
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 8.1 (Update 1 and 2)
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 8
-
-
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
-
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Vista
Native 32-bit and 64-bit Agent
-
-
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 10 version 20H2 (October 2020 Update)
Yes
-
-
-
-
-
Windows 10 version 21H1 (May 2021 Update)
Yes
-
-
-
-
-
1
PA 6.4.2 was released exclusively for Mac OS X endpoints to support host inventory scanning.
2
PA 6.4.3 agent uses MA MessageBus Architecture.
3
McAfee-supplied SCAP content includes both compliance and update checks.
NOTES:
Policy Auditor 6.2.2 and earlier versions are EOL as of September 14, 2019.
As a part of the SCAP package cleanup activity, the legacy platforms, benchmarks, and localization checks are cleaned up. The removed benchmarks are available in the file attached to this article: Benchmarks-removed.pdf.
Supported Microsoft Applications:
Microsoft Office 2019 and SharePoint applications
Microsoft Office 2016 and SharePoint applications
Microsoft Office 2013 and SharePoint applications
Microsoft Office 2010 and SharePoint applications
NOTE:Microsoft Silverlight and Microsoft Exchange Server aren’t supported.
Microsoft ended mainstream support for Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 on January 13, 2015, and will end extended support on January 14, 2020. For details, go to the Windows Server Documentation page. For best results and optimal security, upgrade to a newer supported operating system.
Microsoft ended extended support for Windows Server 2003 SP2 on July 14, 2015. As of the end of 2015, the only McAfee Enterprise product supported with Windows Server 2003 SP2 is Application and Change Control.
1 The minimum ePO version support is 5.3.1 Build 188. 2IMPORTANT: An upgrade to ePO 5.9 requires that older versions of the PA extension be uninstalled before the upgrade. If you upgrade from ePO 5.3.1, you can upgrade to PA 6.3 before the ePO upgrade, instead of uninstalling the old version.
After the upgrade to ePO 5.9 is complete, install Policy Auditor 6.3.
1PA 6.3.x is compliant with the SCAP1.2 standard. You can continue to use third-party or custom content that uses versions of OVAL before 5.10.1. The content must be valid for the OVAL 5.10.1 schema and compliant with the same SCAP 1.2 standard. Custom content is defined as content created using the Benchmark Editor interface in previous versions of PA. Or, its content not delivered through regular Audit Engine Content updates.
The table below lists the requirements for PA Agent plug-in support on Windows systems:
Component
Requirements
Processor
Intel Pentium class, Celeron, or compatible processor; 166-MHz processor or higher
Free disk space for Agent plug-in
300 MB
Free disk space for other McAfee components
Sufficient disk space on client computers for each McAfee Enterprise product that you plan to deploy. For more information, see the corresponding product documentation.
Free Memory
20-MB RAM
Network environment
Microsoft or Novell NetWare networks. NetWare networks require TCP/IP.
Network Interface Card (NIC)
10 Mbps or higher
When an Advanced Host Assessment (AHA) scan is run, information is gathered regarding all installed internet browsers, and their extensions and plug-ins.
The following table contains a list of all supported browsers for Windows-based and Linux-based endpoints:
EOL period—The time frame that runs from the day McAfee Enterprise announces product discontinuation, until the last date that McAfee Enterprise formally supports the product. In general, after the EOL period is announced, no enhancements are made.
EOL date—The last day that the product is supported, according to the terms of the McAfee Enterprise standard support offering.
