Bluetooth devices must not be allowed to wake the computer.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-67703	AOSX-11-000955	SV-82193r1_rule		Medium

Description
Bluetooth devices must not be allowed to wake the computer. If Bluetooth is not required, turn it off. If Bluetooth is necessary, disable allowing Bluetooth devices to wake the computer.

STIG	Date
Apple OS X 10.11 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-01-04

Details

Check Text ( C-68269r1_chk )
To check if this setting is disabled run the following two commands as the primary user: /usr/bin/defaults -currentHost read com.apple.Bluetooth RemoteWakeEnabled /usr/bin/defaults read /Users/`whoami`/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.Bluetooth.`/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPHardwareDataType \| grep "Hardware UUID" \| cut -c22-57`.plist RemoteWakeEnabled If there is an error or nothing is returned, or the return value is "1" for either command, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-68269r1_chk )

To check if this setting is disabled run the following two commands as the primary user:

/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost read com.apple.Bluetooth RemoteWakeEnabled

/usr/bin/defaults read /Users/`whoami`/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.Bluetooth.`/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep "Hardware UUID" | cut -c22-57`.plist RemoteWakeEnabled

If there is an error or nothing is returned, or the return value is "1" for either command, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-73817r1_fix)
This control needs to be manually changed on the computer by opening System Preferences >> Bluetooth, Click Advanced, and make sure the "Allow Bluetooth devices to wake this computer" is not checked. This control is not necessary if Bluetooth has been completely disabled. The following can be run from the command line to disable "Remote Wake" for the current user: /usr/bin/defaults write /Users/`whoami`/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.Bluetooth.`/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPHardwareDataType \| /usr/bin/grep "Hardware UUID" \| /usr/bin/cut -c22-57`.plist RemoteWakeEnabled 0

Fix Text (F-73817r1_fix)

This control needs to be manually changed on the computer by opening System Preferences >> Bluetooth, Click Advanced, and make sure the "Allow Bluetooth devices to wake this computer" is not checked. This control is not necessary if Bluetooth has been completely disabled.

The following can be run from the command line to disable "Remote Wake" for the current user:

/usr/bin/defaults write /Users/`whoami`/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.Bluetooth.`/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | /usr/bin/grep "Hardware UUID" | /usr/bin/cut -c22-57`.plist RemoteWakeEnabled 0