The macOS system must be configured with audit log files group-owned by wheel.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-257174	APPL-13-001014	SV-257174r905155_rule		Medium

Description
The audit service must be configured to create log files with the correct group ownership to prevent normal users from reading audit logs. Audit logs contain sensitive data about the system and users. If log files are set to be readable and writable only by root or administrative users with sudo, the risk is mitigated.

STIG	Date
Apple macOS 13 (Ventura) Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-08-28

Details

Check Text ( C-60859r905153_chk )
Verify the macOS system is configured with audit log files group-owned by wheel with the following command: /usr/bin/sudo /bin/ls -le $(/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/grep '^dir' /etc/security/audit_control | /usr/bin/awk -F: '{print $2}') | /usr/bin/grep -v current If the files are not group-owned by wheel, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60800r905154_fix)
Configure the macOS system with audit log files group-owned by wheel with the following command: /usr/bin/sudo chgrp wheel [audit log file]