STIGUI
V-259483CAT II — Medium severitySV-259483r958478_rule

The macOS system must disable Internet Sharing.

Rule version APPL-14-002007 · STIG v2 · 2024-12-04

Discussion

If the system does not require Internet Sharing, support for it is nonessential and must be disabled.

The information system must be configured to provide only essential capabilities. Disabling Internet sharing helps prevent the unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, and unauthorized tunneling.

Check

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable Internet Sharing with the following command:

/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.MCX')\ .objectForKey('forceInternetSharingOff').js EOS

If the result is not "true", this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the macOS system to disable Internet Sharing by installing the "com.apple.MCX" configuration profile.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-259483
Group title
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
Rule ID
SV-259483r958478_rule
Check ID
C-63222r941069_chk
Fix ID
F-63130r941070_fix