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auth_pam_su_smartcard_enforce Enforce Multifactor Authentication for the su Command

NIST macOS Security Compliance Project Sequoia Guidance, Revision 4.0 (be5491f)
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Title

Enforce Multifactor Authentication for the su Command

Control

/usr/bin/grep -Ec '^(auth\s+sufficient\s+pam_smartcard.so|auth\s+required\s+pam_rootok.so)' /etc/pam.d/su

Discussion

The system _MUST_ be configured such that, when the su command is used, multifactor authentication is enforced.

All users _MUST_ go through multifactor authentication to prevent unauthenticated access and potential compromise to the system.

IMPORTANT: Modification of Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) now require user authorization, or use of a Privacy Preferences Policy Control (PPPC) profile from MDM that authorizes modifying system administrator files or full disk access.

NOTE: /etc/pam.d/su will be automatically modified to its original state following any update or major upgrade to the operating system.

Related controls

ia-2.1, ia-2.2, ia-2.8

Fix

[source,bash]
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/bin/cat > /etc/pam.d/su << SU_END
# su: auth account password session
auth sufficient pam_smartcard.so
auth required pam_rootok.so
auth required pam_group.so no_warn group=admin,wheel ruser root_only fail_safe
account required pam_permit.so
account required pam_opendirectory.so no_check_shell
password required pam_opendirectory.so
session required pam_launchd.so
SU_END

# Fix new file ownership and permissions
/bin/chmod 644 /etc/pam.d/su
/usr/sbin/chown root:wheel /etc/pam.d/su
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