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1.41 APPL-15-001016

Information

The macOS system must configure audit log files to mode 440 or less permissive.

GROUP ID: V-268460
RULE ID: SV-268460r1034320

The audit service must be configured to create log files that are readable only by the root user and group wheel. To achieve this, audit log files must be configured to mode 440 or less permissive to prevent normal users from reading, modifying, or deleting audit logs.

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 files set to mode 440 with the following command:

/bin/chmod 440 /var/audit/*

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23761

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-9, CCI|CCI-000162, CCI|CCI-000163, CCI|CCI-000164, CCI|CCI-001493, CCI|CCI-001494, CCI|CCI-001495, Rule-ID|SV-268460r1034320_rule, STIG-ID|APPL-15-001016, Vuln-ID|V-268460

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 6f5de9c91c8f264d2f5224b8f012a92ca3ba813ebeafbd780d0300cba34b6149