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1.54 APPL-26-001120

Information

The macOS system must configure audit_control owner to root.

GROUP ID: V-277081
RULE ID: SV-277081r1148695

/etc/security/audit_control must have the owner set to root.

The audit service must be configured with the correct ownership 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 owner to root with the following command:

/usr/sbin/chown root /etc/security/audit_control

See Also

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

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-277081r1148695_rule, STIG-ID|APPL-26-001120, Vuln-ID|V-277081

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 5c3618a527db69660c43aecdd69b60dd30b1bbcd49d88de886148c76963fe371