The macOS system must disable Bluetooth sharing.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-259519	APPL-14-002110	SV-259519r958472_rule		Medium

Description

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

Details

Check Text (C-63258r941177_chk)

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable Bluetooth sharing with the following command:

/usr/bin/sudo -u "$CURRENT_USER" /usr/bin/defaults -currentHost read com.apple.Bluetooth PrefKeyServicesEnabled

If the result is not "0", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-63166r941178_fix)

Configure the macOS system to disable Bluetooth sharing with the following command:

/usr/bin/sudo -u "$CURRENT_USER" /usr/bin/defaults -currentHost write com.apple.Bluetooth PrefKeyServicesEnabled -bool false