The macOS system must disable sending diagnostic and usage data to Apple.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-259494	APPL-14-002021	SV-259494r941104_rule		Medium

Description
The ability to submit diagnostic data to Apple must be disabled. The information system must be configured to provide only essential capabilities. Disabling the submission of diagnostic and usage information will mitigate the risk of unwanted data being sent to Apple. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000205-GPOS-00083,SRG-OS-000206-GPOS-00084

STIG	Date
Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-01-10

Details

Check Text ( C-63233r941102_chk )
Verify the macOS system is configured to disable sending diagnostic and usage data to Apple with the following command: /usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS function run() { let pref1 = $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.SubmitDiagInfo')\ .objectForKey('AutoSubmit').js let pref2 = $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\ .objectForKey('allowDiagnosticSubmission').js if ( pref1 == false && pref2 == false ){ return("true") } else { return("false") } } EOS If the result is not "true", this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-63233r941102_chk )

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable sending diagnostic and usage data to Apple with the following command:

/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS
function run() {
let pref1 = $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.SubmitDiagInfo')\
.objectForKey('AutoSubmit').js
let pref2 = $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\
.objectForKey('allowDiagnosticSubmission').js
if ( pref1 == false && pref2 == false ){
return("true")
} else {
return("false")
}
}
EOS

If the result is not "true", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-63141r941103_fix)
Configure the macOS system to disable sending diagnostic and usage data to Apple by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.