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A password must be required to unlock each System Preference Pane.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-51467 OSX8-00-00920 SV-65677r1_rule Medium
Description
A password must be required to access locked System Preferences.
STIG Date
Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG 2015-02-10

Details

Check Text ( C-53807r1_chk )
To check if the status of the System Preference Pane authorization requirements, run the following command:

sudo security authorizationdb read system.preferences | grep -A1 shared

If the results display "true" this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-56269r1_fix)
To set the system to require a password to unlock every System Preference Pane, open System Preferences->Security & Privacy->Advanced, and make sure the box is checked to "Require an administrator password to access locked preferences".