Check: APPL-13-001003
Apple macOS 13 (Ventura) STIG:
APPL-13-001003
(in versions v1 r4 through v1 r1)
Title
The macOS system must produce audit records containing information to establish when, where, what type, the source, and the outcome for all DOD-defined auditable events and actions. (Cat II impact)
Discussion
Without establishing what type of events occurred, when they occurred, and by whom, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack. Audit record content that may be necessary to satisfy this requirement includes, for example, time stamps, source and destination addresses, user/process identifiers, event descriptions, success/fail indications, filenames involved, and access control or flow control rules invoked. Associating event types with detected events in the operating system audit logs provides a means of investigating an attack, recognizing resource utilization or capacity thresholds, or identifying an improperly configured operating system. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000038-GPOS-00016, SRG-OS-000039-GPOS-00017, SRG-OS-000040-GPOS-00018, SRG-OS-000041-GPOS-00019, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00021, SRG-OS-000055-GPOS-00026, SRG-OS-000254-GPOS-00095, SRG-OS-000255-GPOS-00096, SRG-OS-000303-GPOS-00120, SRG-OS-000337-GPOS-00129, SRG-OS-000358-GPOS-00145, SRG-OS-000359-GPOS-00146
Check Content
Verify the macOS system is configured to enable the auditd service with the following command: /bin/launchctl print-disabled system| /usr/bin/grep com.apple.auditd "com.apple.auditd" => enabled If the results are not "com.apple.auditd => enabled", this is a finding.
Fix Text
Configure the macOS system to enable the auditd service with the following command: /usr/bin/sudo /bin/launchctl enable system/com.apple.auditd The system may need to be restarted for the update to take effect.
Additional Identifiers
Rule ID: SV-257170r905143_rule
Vulnerability ID: V-257170
Group Title: SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015
Expert Comments
CCIs
| Number | Definition |
|---|---|
| CCI-000130 |
The information system generates audit records containing information that establishes what type of event occurred. |
| CCI-000131 |
The information system generates audit records containing information that establishes when an event occurred. |
| CCI-000132 |
The information system generates audit records containing information that establishes where the event occurred. |
| CCI-000133 |
The information system generates audit records containing information that establishes the source of the event. |
| CCI-000134 |
The information system generates audit records containing information that establishes the outcome of the event. |
| CCI-000135 |
The information system generates audit records containing the organization-defined additional, more detailed information that is to be included in the audit records. |
| CCI-000159 |
The information system uses internal system clocks to generate time stamps for audit records. |
| CCI-001464 |
The information system initiates session audits at system start-up. |
| CCI-001487 |
The information system generates audit records containing information that establishes the identity of any individuals or subjects associated with the event. |
| CCI-001889 |
The information system records time stamps for audit records that meet organization-defined granularity of time measurement. |
| CCI-001890 |
The information system records time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). |
| CCI-001914 |
The information system provides the capability for organization-defined individuals or roles to change the auditing to be performed on organization-defined information system components based on organization-defined selectable event criteria within organization-defined time thresholds. |
| CCI-002130 |
The information system automatically audits account enabling actions. |