The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2014
Mcafee, Llc, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Joshua Cajetan Rebelo, Bangalore, IN;
McAfee, LLC, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In an example, a vulnerability assessment engine is disclosed. The vulnerability assessment engine may include a shim application and a shim agent. The shim application sits at a relatively low level in an operational stack, such as just above the operating system itself. It may intercept system calls through operating system hooks or other means, so as to determine whether an action taken by an executable object should be allowed. The vulnerability assessment engine sends an identifier, such as a common platform enumeration (CPE)-like string to a server, which queries a database to determine a response code for the action. The response code may indicate that the action should be allowed, blocked, allowed with a warning, or other useful action. A shim agent may also be installed to receive notifications from the server or to query the server for available updates or patches for the executable object.