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The macOS system must be configured with audit log files owned by root.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>The audit service must be configured to create log files with the correct ownership to prevent normal users from reading audit logs. Audit logs contain sensitive data about the system and users. If log files are set to only be readable and writable by root or administrative users with sudo, the risk is mitigated.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-257172r905149_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Configure the macOS system with audit log files owned by root with the following command:

/usr/bin/sudo chown root [audit log file]