macOS 15 - Sequoia

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

STIG ID: APPL-15-002021 | SRG: SRG-OS-000205-GPOS-00083 | Severity: Medium | CCI: CCI-001312,CCI-001314 | Vulnerability ID: V-268494

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

Check

C-268494r1034422_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 << EOSfunction run() {let pref1 = $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.SubmitDiagInfo')\.objectForKey('AutoSubmit').jslet pref2 = $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\.objectForKey('allowDiagnosticSubmission').jsif ( pref1 == false && pref2 == false ){ return("true")} else { return("false")}}EOSIf the result is not "true", this is a finding.

Fix

F-72425r1034421_fix

Configure the macOS system to disable sending diagnostic and usage data to Apple by installing the "com.apple.SubmitDiagInfo" configuration profile.