The macOS system must authenticate peripherals before establishing a connection.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Without authenticating devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. Peripherals include, but are not limited to, such devices as flash drives, external storage, and printers.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-257223r905302_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure the macOS system to require authentication to access all system-level preference panes with the following actions:
Copy the authorization database to a file:
/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/security authorizationdb read system.preferences > ~/Desktop/authdb.txt
Edit the "shared" section of the file: