All files and directories contained in user home directories must not have extended ACLs.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22352	GEN001570 M6	SV-38095r1_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
Excessive permissions allow unauthorized access to user files.

STIG	Date
MAC OSX 10.6 Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-04-09

Details

Check Text ( C-37634r1_chk )
Open a terminal session and enter the following command. find /Users -print -exec ls -lLd \{\} \; | grep '^..........+' If files are shown with permissions that include a '+', the file has an extended ACL. If the file has an extended ACL and it has not been documented with the IAO, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-32875r1_fix)
Open a terminal session and enter the following command to remove the extended ACLs. chmod -N