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AOSX-09-000334 - Audit log folders must be group-owned by wheel.

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Information

The audit service must be configured to create log files with the correct group-ownership to prevent normal users from reading audit logs. Audit logs contain sensitive data about the system and about users. If log files are set to only be readable and writable by root or administrative users with sudo, the risk is mitigated.

Solution

For any log folder that has an incorrect group, run the following command:

sudo chgrp wheel [audit log folder]

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_Apple_OS_X_10-9_Workstation_V1R2_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-9, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000163, CSCv6|3.1, Group-ID|V-58897, Rule-ID|SV-73327r1_rule, STIG-ID|AOSX-09-000334

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 065faf865f0e0862259c1df9caff1188d23d4af47dbed2fbe70f05f39eaa0dc8