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1.149 APPL-15-005060

Information

The macOS system must disable proximity-based password sharing requests.

GROUP ID: V-268563
RULE ID: SV-268563r1034629

Proximity-based password sharing requests must be disabled.

The default behavior of macOS is to allow users to request passwords from other known devices (macOS and iOS). This feature must be disabled to prevent passwords from being shared.

Solution

Configure the macOS system to disable proximity-based password sharing requests by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7a., CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-268563r1034629_rule, STIG-ID|APPL-15-005060, Vuln-ID|V-268563

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 4c4911163f3b597c1ab349386ed87d49d3b89cfaeab1d87b5c969b262a6941f4