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Agent Administrative Privileges

The Software Vulnerability Manager Agent requires administrative or root privileges for the following functionality:

  • Install or uninstall the service

  • Update configuration data stored in per-machine locations (Examples: MachineGUID (written once); last scan time (updated each scan))

  • Scan the entire hard drive for vulnerable software (non-administrative users cannot read other users’ local files)

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At this time, it is not feasible to skip parts of this functionality when installing the Agent without administrative or root privileges.

The Software Vulnerability Manager Agent requires network connectivity (HTTP/HTTPS) to <your SVM on-prem server host name>.

See the diagram below for an overview of the Software Vulnerability Manager On-Premises System Architecture.