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Sending diagnostic and usage data to Apple must be disabled.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-51557 OSX8-00-00530 SV-65767r1_rule Medium
Description
Sending diagnostic and usage data to Apple must be disabled.
STIG Date
Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG 2015-02-10

Details

Check Text ( C-53887r1_chk )
The setting is found in System Preferences->Security & Privacy->Diagnostics & Usage. If the box that says "Send diagnostic & usage data to Apple" is checked, this is a finding.

To check if a configuration profile is configured to enforce this setting, run the following command:

sudo system_profiler SPConfigurationProfileDataType | grep AutoSubmit | awk '{ print $3 }' | sed 's/;//'

If the result is not "AutoSubmit = 0;" this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-56361r1_fix)
The setting is found in System Preferences->Security & Privacy->Diagnostics & Usage Uncheck the box that says "Send diagnostic & usage data to Apple.

This setting can be enforced using a configuration profile.