Check: OSX8-00-00120
Apple OSX 10.8 STIG:
OSX8-00-00120
(in version v1 r2)
Title
The operating system must support the requirement to automatically audit on account creation. (Cat II impact)
Discussion
Auditing of account creation is a method and best practice for mitigating the risk of an attacker creating a persistent method of reestablishing access. A comprehensive account management process will ensure an audit trail which documents the creation of accounts and if required notifies administrators. Such a process greatly reduces the risk of accounts being created outside the normal approval process and provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes. Additionally, the audit records of account creation can be compared to the known approved account creation list.
Check Content
In order to view the currently configured flags for the audit daemon, run the following command: sudo grep ^flags /etc/security/audit_control | sed 's/flags://' | tr "," "\n" | grep ad The account creation events are logged by way of the "ad" flag. If "ad" is not listed in the result of the check, this is a finding.
Fix Text
To make sure the appropriate flags are enabled for auditing, run the following command: sudo sed -i.bak '/^flags/ s/$/,ad/' /etc/security/audit_control
Additional Identifiers
Rule ID: SV-65647r1_rule
Vulnerability ID: V-51437
Group Title:
Expert Comments
CCIs
Number | Definition |
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CCI-000018 |
The information system automatically audits account creation actions. |
Controls
Number | Title |
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AC-2 (4) |
Automated Audit Actions |