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APPL-26-001002 The macOS system must be configured to audit all login and logout events.

DISA STIG library V1R4
All changes in this version
first version loaded CAT II

Maps to AC-17(1), AU-12, MA-4(1) via CCI-000067, CCI-000172, CCI-002884

Title

The macOS system must be configured to audit all login and logout events.

Control

Verify the macOS system is configured to audit all login and logout events with the following command: /usr/bin/awk -F':' '/^flags/ { print $NF }' /etc/security/audit_control | /usr/bin/tr ',' '\n' | /usr/bin/grep -Ec '^lo' If the result is not "1", this is a finding.

Discussion

The audit system must be configured to record all attempts to log in and out of the system (lo). Frequently, an attacker that successfully gains access to a system has only gained access to an account with limited privileges, such as a guest account or service account. The attacker must attempt to change to another user account with normal or elevated privileges to proceed. Auditing both successful and unsuccessful attempts to switch to another user account (by way of monitoring login and logout events) mitigates this risk. The information system monitors login and logout events. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000032-GPOS-00013, SRG-OS-000064-GPOS-00033, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000458-GPOS-00203, SRG-OS-000470-GPOS-00214, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00216, SRG-OS-000472-GPOS-00217, SRG-OS-000473-GPOS-00218

Related controls

CCI-000067, CCI-000172, CCI-002884

Fix

Configure the macOS system to audit all login and logout events with the following command: /usr/bin/grep -qE "^flags.*[^-]lo" /etc/security/audit_control || /usr/bin/sed -i.bak '/^flags/ s/$/,lo/' /etc/security/audit_control; /usr/sbin/audit -s A text editor may also be used to implement the required updates to the "/etc/security/audit_control" file.