System and user requirements for Vulnerability Management

Minimum requirements for Vulnerability Management operation.

• The Modern Agent, included automatically as part of

  • Windows Agent version v10.14.2 and later (Update the Windows Agent).
  • Linux Agent versions 2.2.0 and later (Update the Linux Agent).
  • macOS Agent version 3.10.0 and later (Update the Mac Agent).
• User Permissions:
  • Ecoverse > Vulnerability Management > Vulnerabilities enabled.

Admin and SuperUser roles have the Vulnerability Management permission enabled by default, and the permission cannot be disabled.

Exclusions

You may need to add exclusions to your security solutions (such as firewalls etc.) for the Modern Agent executable and its supporting files (for Ecoverse features) which are downloaded and installed to feature specific directories within the following locations:

Windows

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Msp Agent\

Vulnerability Management specific:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Msp Agent\components\software-scanner\<version>\software scanner.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Msp Agent\components\software-scanner\<version>\software-management-service-requirements\windows\<version>\wa_3rd_party_host_32

Linux

• /opt/msp-agent/

Vulnerability Management specific:

• /opt/msp-agent/components/software-scanner/<version>/software scanner
• /opt/msp-agent/components/software-scanner/<version>/software-management-service-requirements/linux/<version>/wa_3rd_party_host_32

macOS

• /Library/MspAgent/

Vulnerability Management specific:

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• /Library/MspAgent/components/software-scanner/<version>/software-scanner
• /Library/MspAgent/components/software-scanner/<version>/software-management-service-requirements/darwin/<version>/wa_3rd_party_host_32

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• Discover Assets view (New)
• Read more about the Modern Agent.