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Automatic actions must be disabled for picture CDs.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-58279 AOSX-09-000100 SV-72709r1_rule Medium
Description
Applications should not be configured to launch automatically when a disk is inserted. This potentially circumvents anti-virus software and allows malicious users to craft disks that can exploit user applications. Disabling Automatic Actions for picture CDs mitigates this risk.
STIG Date
Apple OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide 2017-01-05

Details

Check Text ( C-59105r2_chk )
To check if the system has the correct setting for picture CDs in the configuration profile, run the following command:

system_profiler SPConfigurationProfileDataType | grep -A 2 'com.apple.digihub.cd.picture.appeared'

If this is not defined or 'action' is not set to '1', this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-63595r1_fix)
This setting is enforced using a configuration profile.