The system preference panel iCloud must be removed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-58347	AOSX-09-000520	SV-72777r1_rule		Medium

Description
It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooked and therefore may remain unsecured. They increase the risk to the platform by providing additional attack vectors. Operating systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, provided by default, may not be necessary to support essential organizational operations (e.g., key missions, functions). Examples of non-essential capabilities include, but are not limited to, games, software packages, tools, and demonstration software, not related to requirements or providing a wide array of functionality not required for every mission, but cannot be disabled. The system preference panel iCloud must be removed.

Description

It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooked and therefore may remain unsecured. They increase the risk to the platform by providing additional attack vectors. Operating systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, provided by default, may not be necessary to support essential organizational operations (e.g., key missions, functions). Examples of non-essential capabilities include, but are not limited to, games, software packages, tools, and demonstration software, not related to requirements or providing a wide array of functionality not required for every mission, but cannot be disabled. The system preference panel iCloud must be removed.

STIG	Date
Apple OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-01-05

Details

Check Text ( C-59173r1_chk )
The system preference panel iCloud must be removed or disabled along with the Internet Accounts preference pane in a configuration profile. To check for the existence of the iCloud preference panel, run the following command: ls -ld /System/Library/PreferencePanes/iCloudPref.prefPane If anything is returned, and access to the iCloud and Internet Accounts preference panes have not been disabled with a configuration profile, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-59173r1_chk )

The system preference panel iCloud must be removed or disabled along with the Internet Accounts preference pane in a configuration profile. To check for the existence of the iCloud preference panel, run the following command:

ls -ld /System/Library/PreferencePanes/iCloudPref.prefPane

If anything is returned, and access to the iCloud and Internet Accounts preference panes have not been disabled with a configuration profile, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-63663r1_fix)
Either disable access to the iCloud and Internet Accounts preference panes through a configuration profile or run the following command to remove the iCloud panel: sudo rm -rf /System/Library/PreferencePanes/iCloudPref.prefPane