APPL-13-001017 - The macOS system must be configured with audit log folders set to mode 700 or less permissive.

Information

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

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027, SRG-OS-000058-GPOS-00028, SRG-OS-000059-GPOS-00029

Solution

Configure the macOS system with audit log folders set to mode 700 with the following command:

/usr/bin/sudo /bin/chmod 700 [audit log folder]

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Apple_macOS_13_V1R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000162, CCI|CCI-000163, CCI|CCI-000164, Rule-ID|SV-257177r905164_rule, STIG-ID|APPL-13-001017, Vuln-ID|V-257177

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: e4ee42b91e091c3e1cb4f75ce03908fb817d5b3ad47cd32cd2e07f4c49769e35