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AOSX-09-000336 - Audit log folders must have mode 700 or less permissive.

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Information

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

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

For any log folder that returns an incorrect permission value, run the following command:

sudo chmod 700 [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-58331, Rule-ID|SV-72761r1_rule, STIG-ID|AOSX-09-000336

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 6165d6540faf3a7aa4ae3311eb6e68234231ccdfc41e57f2054f4f18f3e694a1