Title

Automatic actions must be disabled for blank CDs. (Cat I impact)

Discussion

To secure CDs and DVDs, do not allow the computer to perform automatic actions when the user inserts a disc. When disabling automatic actions in System Preferences, these actions must be disabled for every user account on the computer.

Check Content

Open a terminal session and enter the following command. defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.digihub com.apple.digihub.blank.cd.appeared -dict If the action is not set to "1", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Open a terminal session and enter the following command. defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.digihub com.apple.digihub.blank.cd.appeared -dict action 1

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-37230r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-25308

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Expert Comments

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