Details
Apple Events is a technology that allows one program to communicate with other programs. Remote Apple Events allows a program on one computer to communicate with a program on a different computer.
Rationale:
Disabling Remote Apple Events mitigates the risk of an unauthorized program gaining access to the system.
Impact:
With remote Apple events turned on, an AppleScript program running on another Mac can interact with the local computer.
Solution
Perform the following to implement the prescribed state:
Run the following command in Terminal:
sudo systemsetup -setremoteappleevents off
Supportive Information
The following resource is also helpful.
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.