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1.36 APPL-26-001012

Information

The macOS system must configure audit log files to be owned by root.

GROUP ID: V-277063
RULE ID: SV-277063r1148641

Audit log files must be owned by root.

The audit service must be configured to create log files with the correct 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 files owned by root with the following command:

/usr/sbin/chown -R root /var/audit/*

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/26538

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-277063r1148641_rule, STIG-ID|APPL-26-001012, Vuln-ID|V-277063

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: f9a84328b39843a560f891a039ee94f916781f62475e86602f610d8570b996e6