Execution denials for JAR files in Application and Change Control 6.1

Technical Articles ID: KB79475
Last Modified: 12/19/2019

Environment

McAfee Application and Change Control (MACC) 6.1.x

Problem

You see a denial of execution for JAR files and archives:

Application Control: Denial of execution of unsolidified jar file observed in enable mode and update mode.
Change Control: Denial of execution of jar file observed in enable mode and update mode.

Solution

This issue is resolved in MACC 6.1.1 Hotfix 2 and later.

McAfee product software, upgrades, maintenance releases, and documentation are available from the Product Downloads site at: http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/downloads.aspx.

NOTE: You need a valid Grant Number for access. KB56057 provides additional information about the Product Downloads site, and alternate locations for some products.

Workaround

Change Control
CAUTION: This article contains information about opening or modifying the registry.

The following information is intended for System Administrators. Registry modifications are irreversible and could cause system failure if done incorrectly.
Before proceeding, Technical Support strongly recommends that you back up your registry and understand the restore process. For more information, see: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986.
Do not run a REG file that is not confirmed to be a genuine registry import file.

Click Start, Run, regedit, and click OK.
Navigate to: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\swin\parameters\scriptauth]
Locate and delete the contents of the scriptauth registry value.
Restart your computer.

Workaround

Application Control
Run the command: sadmin scripts remove jar java.exe

Affected Products

Application and Change Control 6.1
Known Issue/Product Defect

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