Details

The audit service must be configured to create log folders with the correct permissions to prevent normal users from reading audit logs. Audit logs contain sensitive data about the system and users. If log folders are set to be readable and writable only by root or administrative users with sudo, the risk is mitigated.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027, SRG-OS-000058-GPOS-00028, SRG-OS-000059-GPOS-00029

Solution

For any log folder that returns an incorrect permission value, run the following command:

/usr/bin/sudo chmod 700 [audit log folder]

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Apple_OS_X_10-15_V1R7_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Audit and Accountability.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• 800-53|AU-9
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-000162
• CCI|CCI-000163
• CCI|CCI-000164
• CSCv6|3.1
• Rule-ID|SV-225151r610901_rule
• STIG-ID|AOSX-15-001017
• STIG-Legacy|SV-111681
• STIG-Legacy|V-102719
• Vuln-ID|V-225151

Source

• Tenable.com/audits