The macOS system must configure audit_control to mode 440 or less permissive.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-259475	APPL-14-001130	SV-259475r958434_rule		Medium

Description

/etc/security/audit_control must be configured so that it is readable only by the root user and group wheel. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027,SRG-OS-000058-GPOS-00028,SRG-OS-000059-GPOS-00029,SRG-OS-000063-GPOS-00032,SRG-OS-000256-GPOS-00097,SRG-OS-000257-GPOS-00098,SRG-OS-000258-GPOS-00099

STIG	Date
Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-12-04

Details

Check Text (C-63214r941045_chk)

Verify the macOS system is configured audit_control to mode 440 or less with the following command:

/bin/ls -l /etc/security/audit_control | /usr/bin/awk '!/-r--[r-]-----|current|total/{print $1}' | /usr/bin/wc -l | /usr/bin/xargs

If the results are not "0", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-63122r941046_fix)

Configure the macOS system with the audit_control to mode 440 with the following command:

/bin/chmod 440 /etc/security/audit_control