The operating system must implement detection and inspection mechanisms to identify unauthorized mobile code.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-51367	OSX8-00-00755	SV-65577r1_rule		Medium

Description
Decisions regarding the employment of mobile code within organizational information systems are based on the potential for the code to cause damage to the system if used maliciously. Mobile code technologies include Java, JavaScript, ActiveX, PDF, Postscript, Shockwave movies, Flash animations, and VBScript. Usage restrictions and implementation guidance apply to both the selection and use of mobile code installed on organizational servers and mobile code downloaded and executed on individual workstations. Xprotect Update needs to be running.

Description

Decisions regarding the employment of mobile code within organizational information systems are based on the potential for the code to cause damage to the system if used maliciously. Mobile code technologies include Java, JavaScript, ActiveX, PDF, Postscript, Shockwave movies, Flash animations, and VBScript. Usage restrictions and implementation guidance apply to both the selection and use of mobile code installed on organizational servers and mobile code downloaded and executed on individual workstations. Xprotect Update needs to be running.

STIG	Date
Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG	2015-02-10

Details

Check Text ( C-53707r1_chk )
To make sure the Xprotect Update service is running, run the following command: sudo launchctl list \| grep com.apple.xprotectupdater If there is no result, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-56167r1_fix)
The Xprotect mechanism is installed and running by default. Make sure the launch daemon is correctly configured in /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.xprotectupdater.plist. If this file doesn't exist, you may need to obtain it from the original install media.