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 system preference pane for Internet Accounts.

DISA Rule

SV-230809r599842_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-230809

Group Title

SRG-OS-000370-GPOS-00155

Rule Version

APPL-11-002032

Severity

CAT II

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 the system has the correct setting in the configuration profile to disable access to the Internet Accounts preference pane, run the following command:

/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPConfigurationProfileDataType | /usr/bin/grep -A 6 DisabledPreferencePanes

If the return is not an array which contains: "com.apple.preferences.internetaccounts", this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-230809

Documentable

False

Rule Version

APPL-11-002032

Severity Override Guidance

To check if the system has the correct setting in the configuration profile to disable access to the Internet Accounts preference pane, run the following command:

/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPConfigurationProfileDataType | /usr/bin/grep -A 6 DisabledPreferencePanes

If the return is not an array which contains: "com.apple.preferences.internetaccounts", this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5246

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