OSX00065 - Disable Bluetooth Support Software - 'IOBluetoothHIDDriver.kext'

Information

Bluetooth technology and associated devices are susceptible to general wireless networking threats, such as denial of service attacks, eavesdropping, man-in-the-middle attacks, message modification, and resource misappropriation. Remove Bluetooth support for peripherals such as keyboards, mice, or phones. This task requires you to have administrator privileges. Important- Repeat these instructions every time a system update is installed. Support should be removed at the kext file level.

Solution

Open a terminal session and enter the following commands to remove the files- sudo srm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/IOBluetoothFamily.kext
sudo srm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/IOBluetoothHIDDriver.kext sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions

See Also

http://iase.disa.mil/stigs/os/mac/u_mac_osx10.5_v1r2_stig_20110729.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7, CAT|II, CSCv6|9.1, Rule-ID|SV-31301r1_rule, STIG-ID|OSX00065, Vuln-ID|V-25253

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 049291ca6989b13470a3b6393c3901857be7f86cb7316ebff436b28212eb7c80