STIGQter: STIG Summary: Apple OS X 10.15 (Catalina) Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 4 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

The macOS system must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.

DISA Rule

SV-225209r610901_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-225209

Group Title

SRG-OS-000266-GPOS-00101

Rule Version

AOSX-15-003011

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001619 - The information system enforces password complexity by the minimum number of special characters used.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

This setting may be enforced using the "Passcode Policy" configuration profile or by a directory service.

Check Contents

Password policy can be set with a configuration profile or the "pwpolicy" utility. If password policy is set with a configuration profile, run the following command to check if the system is configured to require that passwords contain at least one special character:

/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPConfigurationProfileDataType | /usr/bin/grep minComplexChars

If the return is null or not ” minComplexChars = 1”, this is a finding.

Run the following command to check if the system is configured to require that passwords not contain repeated sequential characters or characters in increasing and decreasing sequential order:

/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPConfigurationProfileDataType | /usr/bin/grep allowSimple

If "allowSimple" is not set to "0" or is undefined, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-225209

Documentable

False

Rule Version

AOSX-15-003011

Severity Override Guidance

Password policy can be set with a configuration profile or the "pwpolicy" utility. If password policy is set with a configuration profile, run the following command to check if the system is configured to require that passwords contain at least one special character:

/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPConfigurationProfileDataType | /usr/bin/grep minComplexChars

If the return is null or not ” minComplexChars = 1”, this is a finding.

Run the following command to check if the system is configured to require that passwords not contain repeated sequential characters or characters in increasing and decreasing sequential order:

/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPConfigurationProfileDataType | /usr/bin/grep allowSimple

If "allowSimple" is not set to "0" or is undefined, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4212

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