The macOS system must disable Remote Management.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-259533	APPL-14-002250	SV-259533r958478_rule		Medium

Description

Remote Management must be disabled.

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

Details

Check Text (C-63272r941219_chk)

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable Remote Management with the following command:

/usr/libexec/mdmclient QuerySecurityInfo | /usr/bin/grep -c "RemoteDesktopEnabled = 0"

If the result is not "1", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-63180r941220_fix)

Configure the macOS system to disable Remote Management with the following commands:

/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -deactivate -stop