2.4.1 Disable Remote Apple Events

Information

Apple Events is a technology that allows one program to communicate with other programs. Remote Apple Events allows a program on one computer to communicate with a program on a different computer.

Rationale:

Disabling Remote Apple Events mitigates the risk of an unauthorized program gaining access to the system.

Impact:

With remote Apple events turned on, an AppleScript program running on another Mac can interact with the local computer.

Solution

Perform the following to implement the prescribed state:
Run the following command in Terminal:

sudo systemsetup -setremoteappleevents off

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/3092

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7b., CSCv6|9.1

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 876fbd9e3bdfc82940b8313934804d4300e923a7827ca99366898b79bc5722d0