STIGQter: STIG Summary: Apple macOS 11 (Big Sur) Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

The macOS system must be configured to disable the system preference pane for iCloud.

DISA Rule

SV-230808r599842_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-230808

Group Title

SRG-OS-000370-GPOS-00155

Rule Version

APPL-11-002031

Severity

CAT I

CCI(s)

• CCI-001774 - The organization employs a deny-all, permit-by-exception policy to allow the execution of authorized software programs on the information system.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

This setting is enforced using the "Restrictions Policy" configuration profile.

Check Contents

To check if the system has the correct setting in the configuration profile to disable access to the iCloud preference pane, run the following command:

/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPConfigurationProfileDataType | /usr/bin/grep -A 6 DisabledPreferencePanes

If the return is not an array which contains: “com.apple.preferences.AppleIDPrefPane”, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-230808

Documentable

False

Rule Version

APPL-11-002031

Severity Override Guidance

To check if the system has the correct setting in the configuration profile to disable access to the iCloud preference pane, run the following command:

/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPConfigurationProfileDataType | /usr/bin/grep -A 6 DisabledPreferencePanes

If the return is not an array which contains: “com.apple.preferences.AppleIDPrefPane”, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5246

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