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Video recording support software must be disabled.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-51359 OSX8-00-01251 SV-65569r1_rule Medium
Description
Video recording support software must be disabled.
STIG Date
Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG 2015-02-10

Details

Check Text ( C-53701r1_chk )
To check if the video recording plugins are installed, run the following commands:

sudo ls -l /System/Library/QuickTime/QuickTimeUSBVDCDigitizer.component/Contents/MacOS/QuickTimeUSBVDCDigitizer;sudo ls -l /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreMediaIOServices.framework/Versions/A/Resources/VDC.plugin/Contents/MacOS/VDC; sudo ls -l /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreMediaIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/VDC.plugin/Contents/MacOS/VDC

If any of the files exist, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-56161r1_fix)
To remove video recording support, run the following commands:

sudo rm -rf /System/Library/QuickTime/QuickTimeUSBVDCDigitizer.component/Contents/MacOS/QuickTimeUSBVDCDigitizer;sudo rm -rf /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreMediaIOServices.framework/Versions/A/Resources/VDC.plugin/Contents/MacOS/VDC; sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreMediaIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/VDC.plugin/Contents/MacOS/VDC

These commands cannot be undone.