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1.39 APPL-14-001015

Information

The macOS system must configure audit log folders group to wheel.

GROUP ID: V-259459RULE ID: SV-259459r958434

Audit log folders must have the group set to wheel.

The audit service must be configured to create log files with the correct group ownership to prevent normal users from reading audit logs.

Audit logs contain sensitive data about the system and users. If log files are set to be readable and writable only by system administrators, the risk is mitigated.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027,SRG-OS-000058-GPOS-00028,SRG-OS-000059-GPOS-00029,SRG-OS-000256-GPOS-00097,SRG-OS-000257-GPOS-00098,SRG-OS-000258-GPOS-00099

Solution

Configure the macOS system with audit log folders group-owned by wheel with the following command:

/usr/bin/chgrp wheel /var/audit

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/24070

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-9, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000162, CCI|CCI-000163, CCI|CCI-000164, CCI|CCI-001493, CCI|CCI-001494, CCI|CCI-001495, Rule-ID|SV-259459r958434_rule, STIG-ID|APPL-14-001015, Vuln-ID|V-259459

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 31ed47652cdd6692aaa593e1c92429251f5f85c855aa807139ed6c06714d3680