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audit_acls_folders_configure Configure Audit Log Folder to Not Contain Access Control Lists

NIST macOS Security Compliance Project Tahoe Guidance, Revision 3.0 (cf656e8)
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Title

Configure Audit Log Folder to Not Contain Access Control Lists

Control

/bin/ls -lde /var/audit | /usr/bin/awk '{print $1}' | /usr/bin/grep -c ":"

Discussion

The audit log folder _MUST_ not contain access control lists (ACLs).

Audit logs contain sensitive data about the system and users. This rule ensures that the audit service is configured to create log folders that are readable and writable only by system administrators in order to prevent normal users from reading audit logs.

Related controls

au-9

Fix

[source,bash]
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/bin/chmod -N /var/audit
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