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Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The macOS system must require passwords contain a minimum of one lowercase character and one uppercase character.

    <VulnDiscussion>The macOS be configured to require at least one lowercase character and one uppercase character be used when a password is cr...
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  • SRG-OS-000075-GPOS-00043

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  • The macOS system must set minimum password lifetime to 24 hours.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The macOS must be configured to enforce a minimum password lifetime limit of 24 hours. This rule discourages users from cycl...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000118-GPOS-00060

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  • The macOS system must disable accounts after 35 days of inactivity.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The macOS must be configured to disable accounts after 35 days of inactivity. This rule prevents malicious users from making...
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  • SRG-OS-000205-GPOS-00083

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  • The macOS system must configure Apple System Log files to be owned by root and group to wheel.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Apple System Logs (ASL) must be owned by root. ASL logs contain sensitive data about the system and users. If ASL log fi...
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  • SRG-OS-000205-GPOS-00083

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  • The macOS system must configure Apple System Log files to mode 640 or less permissive.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Apple System Logs (ASL) must be configured to be writable by root and readable only by the root user and group wheel. To ...
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  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156

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  • The macOS system must require users to reauthenticate for privilege escalation when using the "sudo" command.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The file /etc/sudoers must include a timestamp_timout of 0. Without reauthentication, users may access resources or perform ...
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  • SRG-OS-000205-GPOS-00083

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  • The macOS system must configure system log files to be owned by root and group to wheel.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The system log files must be owned by root. System logs contain sensitive data about the system and users. If log files are ...
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  • SRG-OS-000205-GPOS-00083

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  • The macOS system must configure system log files to mode 640 or less permissive.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The system logs must be configured to be writable by root and readable only by the root user and group wheel. To achieve this...
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  • SRG-OS-000341-GPOS-00132

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  • The macOS system must configure install.log retention to 365.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The install.log must be configured to require records be kept for an organizational-defined value before deletion, unless the...
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  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156

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  • The macOS system must configure sudoers timestamp type.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The file /etc/sudoers must be configured to not include a timestamp_type of global or ppid and be configured for timestamp re...
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  • SRG-OS-000051-GPOS-00024

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