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1.40 APPL-26-001017

Information

The macOS system must configure audit log folders to mode 700 or less permissive.

GROUP ID: V-277068
RULE ID: SV-277068r1148656

The audit log folder must be configured to mode 700 or less permissive so that only the root user is able to read, write, and execute changes to folders.

Because audit logs contain sensitive data about the system and users, the audit service must be configured to mode 700 or less permissive to prevent normal users from reading, modifying or deleting 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 with audit log folders set to mode 700 with the following command:

/bin/chmod 700 /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-277068r1148656_rule, STIG-ID|APPL-26-001017, Vuln-ID|V-277068

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: c988b00a65b02db6168ffb2f62d341ef9034614f602f3f4d4c8c2f22efafdcb7