Title

The macOS system must disable dictation. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Dictation must be disabled on Intel-based Macs as the feature On Device Dictation is only available on Apple Silicon devices.

Check Content

For Apple Silicon-based systems, this is not applicable. Verify the macOS system is configured to disable dictation with the following command: /usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\ .objectForKey('allowDictation').js EOS If the result is not "false", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the macOS system to disable dictation by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-259531r941215_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-259531

Group Title: SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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