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1.14 APPL-26-000031

Information

The macOS system must configure the audit log folder to not contain access control lists (ACLs).

GROUP ID: V-277041
RULE ID: SV-277041r1148575

The audit log folder must not contain ACLs.

Audit logs contain sensitive data about the system and users. This rule ensures that the audit service is configured to create log folders that are readable and writable only by system administrators to prevent normal users from reading 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 without ACLs applied to log folders with the following command:

/bin/chmod -N /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-277041r1148575_rule, STIG-ID|APPL-26-000031, Vuln-ID|V-277041

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 717a509c3f66fe53179d0f8ba077827e7c3813dfa439b7cafee9647817a5e32f