STIGQter: STIG Summary: Apple macOS 11 (Big Sur) Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

The macOS system must be configured to disable the application Messages.

DISA Rule

SV-230796r599842_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-230796

Group Title

SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

Rule Version

APPL-11-002011

Severity

CAT III

CCI(s)

• CCI-001774 - The organization employs a deny-all, permit-by-exception policy to allow the execution of authorized software programs on the information system.
• CCI-000381 - The organization configures the information system to provide only essential capabilities.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

This setting is enforced using the "Restrictions Policy" configuration profile.

Check Contents

To check if there is a configuration policy defined for "Application Restrictions", run the following command:

/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPConfigurationProfileDataType | /usr/bin/grep -A 5 familyControlsEnabled | grep "Messages.app"

If the return does not contain ”/Applications/Messages.app”, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-230796

Documentable

False

Rule Version

APPL-11-002011

Severity Override Guidance

To check if there is a configuration policy defined for "Application Restrictions", run the following command:

/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPConfigurationProfileDataType | /usr/bin/grep -A 5 familyControlsEnabled | grep "Messages.app"

If the return does not contain ”/Applications/Messages.app”, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5246

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