The macOS system must initiate session audits at system startup, using internal clocks with time stamps for audit records that meet a minimum granularity of one second and can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), in order to generate audit records containing information to establish what type of events occurred, the identity of any individual or process associated with the event, including individual identities of group account users, establish where the events occurred, source of the event, and outcome of the events including all account enabling actions, full-text recording of privileged commands, and information about the use of encryption for access wireless access to and from the system.
DISA Rule
SV-209551r610285_rule
Vulnerability Number
V-209551
Group Title
SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015
Rule Version
AOSX-14-001003
Severity
CAT II
CCI(s)
- CCI-001464 - The information system initiates session audits at system start-up.
- CCI-001487 - The information system generates audit records containing information that establishes the identity of any individuals or subjects associated with the event.
- CCI-000159 - The information system uses internal system clocks to generate time stamps for audit records.
- CCI-000130 - The information system generates audit records containing information that establishes what type of event occurred.
- CCI-000131 - The information system generates audit records containing information that establishes when an event occurred.
- CCI-000132 - The information system generates audit records containing information that establishes where the event occurred.
- CCI-000133 - The information system generates audit records containing information that establishes the source of the event.
- CCI-000134 - The information system generates audit records containing information that establishes the outcome of the event.
- CCI-000135 - The information system generates audit records containing the organization-defined additional, more detailed information that is to be included in the audit records.
- CCI-002130 - The information system automatically audits account enabling actions.
- CCI-001914 - The information system provides the capability for organization-defined individuals or roles to change the auditing to be performed on organization-defined information system components based on organization-defined selectable event criteria within organization-defined time thresholds.
- CCI-001889 - The information system records time stamps for audit records that meet organization-defined granularity of time measurement.
- CCI-001890 - The information system records time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Weight
10
Fix Recommendation
To enable the audit service, run the following command:
/usr/bin/sudo /bin/launchctl enable system/com.apple.auditd
The system may need to be restarted for the update to take effect.
Check Contents
To check if the audit service is running, use the following command:
launchctl print-disabled system| grep auditd
If the return is not:
"com.apple.auditd" => false"
the audit service is disabled, and this is a finding.
Vulnerability Number
V-209551
Documentable
False
Rule Version
AOSX-14-001003
Severity Override Guidance
To check if the audit service is running, use the following command:
launchctl print-disabled system| grep auditd
If the return is not:
"com.apple.auditd" => false"
the audit service is disabled, and this is a finding.
Check Content Reference
M
Target Key
2930
Comments
STIGQter: STIG Summary: Apple OS X 10.14 (Mojave) Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 3 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021: