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os_password_sharing_disable Disable Password Sharing

NIST macOS Security Compliance Project Sequoia Guidance, Revision 4.0 (be5491f)
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first version loaded macOS

Title

Disable Password Sharing

Control

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

Discussion

Password Sharing _MUST_ be disabled.

The default behavior of macOS is to allow users to share a password over Airdrop between other macOS and iOS devices. This feature _MUST_ be disabled to prevent passwords from being shared.

Related controls

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Fix

This is implemented by a Configuration Profile.