Title

The macOS system must disable the TouchID prompt during Setup Assistant. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

The prompt for TouchID during Setup Assistant must be disabled. macOS prompts new users through enabling TouchID during Setup Assistant; this is not essential and, therefore, must be disabled to prevent the risk of individuals electing to enable TouchID to override organizationwide settings.

Check Content

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable the TouchID prompt during Setup Assistant with the following command: /usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript 2>/dev/null << EOS $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.SetupAssistant.managed')\ .objectForKey('SkipSetupItems').containsObject("Biometric") EOS If the result is not "true", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the macOS system to disable the TouchID prompt during Setup Assistant by installing the "com.apple.SetupAssistant.managed" configuration profile.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-277169r1149400_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-277169

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

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