AIOS-11-012100 - Apple iOS must implement the management setting: Treat Airdrop as an unmanaged destination.

Information

An Airdrop feature is a way to send contact information or photos to other users with this same feature enabled. This feature enables a possible attack vector for adversaries to exploit. Once the attacker has gained access to the information broadcast by this feature, he/she may distribute this sensitive information very quickly and without DoD's control or awareness. By disabling this feature, the risk of mass data exfiltration will be mitigated.

Note: If the site uses Apple's optional Device Enrollment Program (DEP), this control is available as a supervised MDM control.

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

Solution

Install a configuration profile to treat AirDrop as an unmanaged destination.

See Also

https://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_Apple_iOS_11_V1R4_STIG.zip

Item Details

References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-93133r1_rule, STIG-ID|AIOS-11-012100, Vuln-ID|V-78427

Plugin: MDM

Control ID: 52c0f3050da39ea595acc1e7375e201d9ca5c7a3b2b39052aca56381a6fb1f0b