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1.37 APPL-26-001013

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-277064
RULE ID: SV-277064r1148644

Audit log folders must be owned by root.

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

Audit logs contain sensitive data about the system and users. If log folders 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 owned by root with the following command:

/usr/sbin/chown 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-277064r1148644_rule, STIG-ID|APPL-26-001013, Vuln-ID|V-277064

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: c9987adbb634730008a7b86d2beb37aaad126a8e6dfbd6e3fadd9f0b0f4665ad