The macOS system must disable hot corners.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-259422 | APPL-14-000007 | SV-259422r958404_rule | CCI-000060 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Hot corners must be disabled. The information system conceals, via the session lock, information previously visible on the display with a publicly viewable image. Although hot corners can be used to initiate a session lock or to launch useful applications, they can also be configured to disable an automatic session lock from initiating. Such a configuration introduces the risk that a user might forget to manually lock the screen before stepping away from the computer. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-12-04 | |||
Related Frameworks
3 paths across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
AC-11(1)
1.00
- DISA · 2 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1711 mapping
3.1.10
1.00
- DISA · 2 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000060
1.00
- DISA · 2 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-259422r958404_chk)
Verify the macOS system is configured to disable hot corners with the following command:
/usr/bin/profiles -P -o stdout | /usr/bin/grep -Ec '"wvous-bl-corner" = 0|"wvous-br-corner" = 0|"wvous-tl-corner" = 0|"wvous-tr-corner" = 0'
If the result is not "4", this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-63069r940887_fix)
Configure the macOS system to disable hot corners by installing the "com.apple.ManagedClient.preferences" configuration profile.