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APPL-15-002021 The macOS system must disable sending diagnostic and usage data to Apple.

DISA STIG library V1R8
All changes in this version
first version loaded CAT II

Maps to SI-11 via CCI-001312, CCI-001314

Title

The macOS system must disable sending diagnostic and usage data to Apple.

Control

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable sending diagnostic and usage data to Apple with the following command: /usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS function run() { let pref1 = $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.SubmitDiagInfo')\ .objectForKey('AutoSubmit').js let pref2 = $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\ .objectForKey('allowDiagnosticSubmission').js if ( pref1 == false && pref2 == false ){ return("true") } else { return("false") } } EOS If the result is not "true", this is a finding.

Discussion

The ability to submit diagnostic data to Apple must be disabled. The information system must be configured to provide only essential capabilities. Disabling the submission of diagnostic and usage information will mitigate the risk of unwanted data being sent to Apple. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000205-GPOS-00083, SRG-OS-000206-GPOS-00084

Related controls

CCI-001312, CCI-001314

Fix

Configure the macOS system to disable sending diagnostic and usage data to Apple by installing the "com.apple.SubmitDiagInfo" configuration profile.