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os_system_wide_applications_configure Ensure Appropriate Permissions Are Enabled for System Wide Applications

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

Ensure Appropriate Permissions Are Enabled for System Wide Applications

Control

/usr/bin/find /Applications -iname "*\.app" -type d -perm -2 -ls | /usr/bin/wc -l | /usr/bin/xargs

Discussion

Applications in the System Applications Directory (/Applications) _MUST_ not be world-writable.

Fix

[source,bash]
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IFS=$'\n'
for apps in $( /usr/bin/find /Applications -iname "*\.app" -type d -perm -2 ); do
/bin/chmod -R o-w "$apps"
done
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