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Apple OS X 10.14 (Mojave) Security Technical Implementation Guide


Overview

Date Finding Count (118)
2021-11-19 CAT I (High): 9 CAT II (Med): 100 CAT III (Low): 9
STIG Description
This Security Technical Implementation Guide is published as a tool to improve the security of Department of Defense (DoD) information systems. The requirements are derived from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-53 and related documents. Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via email to the following address: disa.stig_spt@mail.mil.

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Findings (MAC III - Administrative Sensitive)

Finding ID Severity Title
V-209605 High The macOS system must disable the guest account.
V-209606 High The macOS system must have the security assessment policy subsystem enabled.
V-209613 High The macOS system must issue or obtain public key certificates under an appropriate certificate policy from an approved service provider.
V-209594 High The macOS system must be configured to disable the tftpd service.
V-209612 High The macOS system must use an approved antivirus program.
V-209588 High The macOS system must be configured to disable the system preference pane for iCloud.
V-209530 High The macOS system must implement DoD-approved encryption to protect the confidentiality and integrity of remote access sessions including transmitted data and data during preparation for transmission.
V-209535 High The macOS system must be integrated into a directory services infrastructure.
V-209634 High The macOS system must be configured with the sudoers file configured to authenticate users on a per -tty basis.
V-209569 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable Location Services.
V-209568 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable the Network File System (NFS) daemon unless it is required.
V-209561 Medium The macOS system must provide an immediate warning to the System Administrator (SA) and Information System Security Officer (ISSO) (at a minimum) when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of repository maximum audit record storage capacity.
V-209560 Medium The macOS system must allocate audit record storage capacity to store at least one weeks worth of audit records when audit records are not immediately sent to a central audit record storage facility.
V-209563 Medium The macOS system must generate audit records for DoD-defined events such as successful/unsuccessful logon attempts, successful/unsuccessful direct access attempts, starting and ending time for user access, and concurrent logons to the same account from different sources.
V-209562 Medium The macOS system must provide an immediate real-time alert to the System Administrator (SA) and Information System Security Officer (ISSO), at a minimum, of all audit failure events requiring real-time alerts.
V-209565 Medium The macOS system must require individuals to be authenticated with an individual authenticator prior to using a group authenticator.
V-209564 Medium The macOS system must accept and verify Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentials, implement a local cache of revocation data to support path discovery and validation in case of the inability to access revocation information via the network, and only allow the use of DoD PKI-established certificate authorities for verification of the establishment of protected sessions.
V-209567 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable Apple File (AFP) Sharing.
V-209566 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable SMB File Sharing unless it is required.
V-209600 Medium The macOS system must disable Cloud Document Sync.
V-209601 Medium The macOS system must disable the Screen Sharing feature.
V-209602 Medium The macOS system must allow only applications that have a valid digital signature to run.
V-209608 Medium The macOS system must not allow an unattended or automatic logon to the system.
V-209609 Medium The macOS system must prohibit user installation of software without explicit privileged status.
V-233628 Medium The macOS system must implement approved Ciphers to protect the confidentiality of SSH connections.
V-209617 Medium The macOS system must enforce a 60-day maximum password lifetime restriction.
V-209616 Medium The macOS system must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.
V-209615 Medium The macOS system must map the authenticated identity to the user or group account for PKI-based authentication.
V-209614 Medium The macOS system must enable certificate for smartcards.
V-209591 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable the Cloud Setup services.
V-209595 Medium The macOS system must disable Siri pop-ups.
V-209596 Medium The macOS system must disable iCloud Keychain synchronization.
V-209597 Medium The macOS system must disable iCloud document synchronization.
V-209590 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable the Siri Setup services.
V-209592 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable the Privacy Setup services.
V-209610 Medium The macOS system must set permissions on user home directories to prevent users from having access to read or modify another users files.
V-209593 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable the Cloud Storage Setup services.
V-209598 Medium The macOS system must disable iCloud bookmark synchronization.
V-209599 Medium The macOS system must disable iCloud photo library.
V-209619 Medium The macOS system must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.
V-209618 Medium The macOS system must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.
V-209628 Medium The macOS system must be configured so that the sudo command requires smart card authentication.
V-209629 Medium The macOS system must be configured with system log files owned by root and group-owned by wheel or admin.
V-209622 Medium macOS must be configured with a firmware password to prevent access to single user mode and booting from alternative media.
V-209623 Medium The macOS system must use multifactor authentication for local and network access to privileged and non-privileged accounts.
V-209620 Medium The macOS system must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.
V-209621 Medium The macOS system must be configured to prevent displaying password hints.
V-209626 Medium The macOS system must be configured so that the login command requires smart card authentication.
V-209627 Medium The macOS system must be configured so that the su command requires smart card authentication.
V-209624 Medium The macOS system must use multifactor authentication in the establishment of nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic sessions.
V-209625 Medium The macOS system must implement multifactor authentication for remote access to privileged accounts in such a way that one of the factors is provided by a device separate from the system gaining access.
V-209587 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable the application Calendar.
V-209586 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable Remote Apple Events.
V-209585 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable sending diagnostic and usage data to Apple.
V-209584 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable Siri and dictation.
V-209582 Medium The macOS system must cover or disable the built-in or attached camera when not in use.
V-209589 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable the system preference pane for Internet Accounts.
V-245550 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable the system preference pane for TouchID.
V-209532 Medium The macOS system must automatically remove or disable emergency accounts after the crisis is resolved or within 72 hours.
V-209533 Medium The macOS system must, for networked systems, compare internal information system clocks at least every 24 hours with a server that is synchronized to one of the redundant United States Naval Observatory (USNO) time servers or a time server designated for the appropriate DoD network (NIPRNet/SIPRNet) and/or the Global Positioning System (GPS).
V-209531 Medium The macOS system must automatically remove or disable temporary user accounts after 72 hours.
V-209536 Medium The macOS system must enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts by a user.
V-209537 Medium The macOS system must enforce an account lockout time period of 15 minutes in which a user makes three consecutive invalid logon attempts.
V-209534 Medium The macOS system must utilize an HBSS solution and implement all DoD required modules.
V-209538 Medium The macOS system must enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts by a user before the user account is locked.
V-209539 Medium The macOS system must display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting remote access to the operating system.
V-245552 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable the system preference pane for Siri.
V-209607 Medium The macOS system must limit the ability of non-privileged users to grant other users direct access to the contents of their home directories/folders.
V-245551 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable the system preference pane for Wallet & ApplePay.
V-209635 Medium The macOS system must enable System Integrity Protection.
V-209637 Medium The macOS Application Firewall must be enabled.
V-209636 Medium The macOS system must implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the confidentiality and integrity of all information at rest.
V-209630 Medium The macOS system must be configured with system log files set to mode 640 or less permissive.
V-209633 Medium The macOS system must authenticate all endpoint devices before establishing a local, remote, and/or network connection using bidirectional authentication that is cryptographically based.
V-233775 Medium The macOS system must implement an approved Key Exchange Algorithm.
V-209525 Medium The macOS system must be configured to lock the user session when a smart token is removed.
V-209524 Medium The macOS system must initiate a session lock after a 15-minute period of inactivity.
V-209527 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable hot corners.
V-209521 Medium The macOS system must be configured to prevent Apple Watch from terminating a session lock.
V-209523 Medium The macOS system must initiate the session lock no more than five seconds after a screen saver is started.
V-209522 Medium The macOS system must retain the session lock until the user reestablishes access using established identification and authentication procedures.
V-209528 Medium The macOS system must be configured with Wi-Fi support software disabled.
V-209550 Medium The macOS system must monitor remote access methods and generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access/modify privileges occur.
V-209551 Medium The macOS system must initiate session audits at system startup, using internal clocks with time stamps for audit records that meet a minimum granularity of one second and can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), in order to generate audit records containing information to establish what type of events occurred, the identity of any individual or process associated with the event, including individual identities of group account users, establish where the events occurred, source of the event, and outcome of the events including all account enabling actions, full-text recording of privileged commands, and information about the use of encryption for access wireless access to and from the system.
V-209552 Medium The macOS system must shut down by default upon audit failure (unless availability is an overriding concern).
V-209553 Medium The macOS system must be configured with audit log files owned by root.
V-209554 Medium The macOS system must be configured with audit log folders owned by root.
V-209555 Medium The macOS system must be configured with audit log files group-owned by wheel.
V-209556 Medium The macOS system must be configured with audit log folders group-owned by wheel.
V-209557 Medium The macOS system must be configured with audit log files set to mode 440 or less permissive.
V-209558 Medium The macOS system must be configured with audit log folders set to mode 700 or less permissive.
V-209559 Medium The macOS system must audit the enforcement actions used to restrict access associated with changes to the system.
V-209543 Medium The macOS system must be configured so that log folders must not contain access control lists (ACLs).
V-209542 Medium The macOS system must be configured so that log files must not contain access control lists (ACLs).
V-209541 Medium The macOS system must be configured so that any connection to the system must display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting GUI access to the system.
V-209540 Medium The macOS system must display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to the system via SSH.
V-209547 Medium The macOS system must be configured with the SSH daemon ClientAliveCountMax option set to 0.
V-209546 Medium The macOS system must be configured with the SSH daemon ClientAliveInterval option set to 900 or less.
V-209545 Medium The macOS system must limit the number of concurrent SSH sessions to 10 for all accounts and/or account types.
V-209544 Medium The macOS system must use replay-resistant authentication mechanisms and implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the integrity of and verify remote disconnection at the termination of nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic communications, when used for nonlocal maintenance sessions.
V-209549 Medium The macOS system must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events; privileged activities or other system-level access; all kernel module load, unload, and restart actions; all program initiations; and organizationally defined events for all non-local maintenance and diagnostic sessions.
V-209548 Medium The macOS system must be configured with the SSH daemon LoginGraceTime set to 30 or less.
V-234699 Medium The macOS system must authenticate peripherals before establishing a connection.
V-225094 Medium The macOS system must be configured with dedicated user accounts to decrypt the hard disk upon startup.
V-209572 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable Internet Sharing.
V-209573 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable Web Sharing.
V-209570 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable Bonjour multicast advertising.
V-209571 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable the UUCP service.
V-233691 Medium The macOS system must use only Message Authentication Codes (MACs) employing FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic hash algorithms.
V-209604 Low The macOS system must be configured with Bluetooth turned off unless approved by the organization.
V-245553 Low The macOS system must be configured with Bluetooth turned off unless approved by the organization.
V-209581 Low The macOS system must be configured to disable the iCloud Notes services.
V-209580 Low The macOS system must be configured to disable the Mail iCloud services.
V-209526 Low The macOS system must conceal, via the session lock, information previously visible on the display with a publicly viewable image.
V-209577 Low The macOS system must be configured to disable the iCloud Calendar services.
V-209574 Low The macOS system must be configured to disable AirDrop.
V-209578 Low The macOS system must be configured to disable the iCloud Reminders services.
V-209579 Low The macOS system must be configured to disable iCloud Address Book services.