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The macOS system must disable the Bluetooth system settings pane.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-259534 APPL-14-002260 SV-259534r958478_rule Medium
Description
The Bluetooth System Setting pane must be disabled to prevent access to the Bluetooth configuration.
STIG Date
Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide 2024-05-30

Details

Check Text ( C-63273r941222_chk )
Verify the macOS system is configured to disable the Bluetooth system settings pane with the following command:

/usr/bin/profiles show -output stdout-xml | /usr/bin/xmllint --xpath '//key[text()="DisabledSystemSettings"]/following-sibling::*[1]' - | /usr/bin/grep -c com.apple.BluetoothSettings

If the result is not "1", this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-63181r941223_fix)
Configure the macOS system to disable the Bluetooth system settings pane by installing the "com.apple.systempreferences" configuration profiles.