Web Sharing must be disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-58465	AOSX-09-001275	SV-72895r1_rule		Medium

Description
Web Sharing is non-essential and must be disabled. Enabling any service increases the attack surface for an intruder. By disabling unnecessary services, the attack surface is minimized.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-59309r1_chk )
Web Sharing must be disabled. To check if Web Sharing is enabled, run the following command: sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'print org.apache.httpd:Disabled' /var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd/overrides.plist If the returned value isn't 'true', this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-63797r1_fix)
To disable Web Sharing, run the following command: sudo defaults write /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd/overrides.plist 'org.apache.httpd' -dict Disabled -bool true