The macOS system must disable Airplay Receiver.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-259516 | APPL-14-002080 | SV-259516r958478_rule | CCI-000381 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Airplay Receiver allows users to send content from another Apple device to be displayed on the screen as it is being played from another device. Support for Airplay Receiver is nonessential and must be disabled. The information system must be configured to provide only essential capabilities. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049,SRG-OS-000300-GPOS-00118 | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-12-04 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-259516r958478_chk)
Verify the macOS system is configured to disable Airplay Receiver with the following command:
/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS
$.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\
.objectForKey('allowAirPlayIncomingRequests').js
EOS
If the result is not "false", this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-63163r941169_fix)
Configure the macOS system to disable Airplay Receiver by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.