The macOS system must configure sudo to log events.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Sudo must be configured to log privilege escalation. Without logging privilege escalation, it is difficult to identify attempted attacks because no audit trail is available for forensic investigation.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-268451r1034293_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure the macOS system to log privilege escalation with the following command:
/usr/bin/find /etc/sudoers* -type f -exec sed -i '' '/Defaults \!log_allowed/d' '{}' \;
/bin/echo "Defaults log_allowed" >> /etc/sudoers.d/mscp