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1.56 APPL-15-001130

Information

The macOS system must configure audit_control owner to mode 440 or less permissive.

GROUP ID: V-268475
RULE ID: SV-268475r1034365

/etc/security/audit_control must be configured so that it is readable only by the root user and group wheel.

The audit service must be configured with the correct mode to prevent normal users from manipulating audit log configurations.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027, SRG-OS-000058-GPOS-00028, SRG-OS-000059-GPOS-00029, SRG-OS-000063-GPOS-00032, SRG-OS-000256-GPOS-00097, SRG-OS-000257-GPOS-00098, SRG-OS-000258-GPOS-00099

Solution

Configure the macOS system with the audit_control to mode 440 with the following command:

/bin/chmod 440 /etc/security/audit_control

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-9, 800-53|AU-12b., CCI|CCI-000162, CCI|CCI-000163, CCI|CCI-000164, CCI|CCI-000171, CCI|CCI-001493, CCI|CCI-001494, CCI|CCI-001495, Rule-ID|SV-268475r1034365_rule, STIG-ID|APPL-15-001130, Vuln-ID|V-268475

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 6f748a9c079a8f5a00ff5771af04c674e9c00e1131779a4b3a26ca5aad1ddc73