Details

DVD or CD Sharing allows users to remotely access the system’s optical drive.

Rationale:

Disabling DVD or CD Sharing minimizes the risk of an attacker using the optical drive as a vector for attack and exposure of sensitive data.

Impact:

Many Apple devices are now sold without optical drives and drive sharing may be needed for legacy optical media.

Solution

Perform the following to implement the prescribed state:

Open System Preferences

Select Sharing

Uncheck DVD or CD Sharing

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/3092

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

References

• 800-53|CM-7b.
• CSCv6|9.1

Source

• Tenable.com/audits