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The iPod Driver must be removed.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-53863 OSX8-00-00860 SV-68081r1_rule Medium
Description
Malicious code is known to propagate via removable media such as floppy disks, USB or flash drives, and removable hard drives. In order to prevent propagation and potential infection due to malware contained on removable media the operating system must be able to restrict and/or limit the use of removable media.
STIG Date
Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG 2015-02-10

Details

Check Text ( C-54707r1_chk )
This command checks for the presence of the iPod Driver kext (driver). If this command returns any value other than "No such file or directory" this is a finding.

ls -ld /System/Library/Extensions/iPodDriver
Fix Text (F-58695r1_fix)
To remove the iPod Driver kext, run the following command:

sudo rm -Rf /System/Library/Extensions/iPodDriver.kext