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The macOS system must disable the camera.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-259492 APPL-14-002017 SV-259492r941098_rule Medium
Description
macOS must be configured to disable the camera.
STIG Date
Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide 2024-01-10

Details

Check Text ( C-63231r941096_chk )
Verify the macOS system is configured to disable the camera with the following command:

/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS
$.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\
.objectForKey('allowCamera').js
EOS

If the result is not "false", this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-63139r941097_fix)
Configure the macOS system to disable the camera by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.