macOS 15 - Sequoia

The macOS system must disable Remote Management

STIG ID: APPL-15-002250 | SRG: SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049 | Severity: Medium | CCI: CCI-000381 | Vulnerability ID: V-268531

Description

Remote Management must be disabled.

Check

C-268531r1034533_chk

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable Remote Management with the following command:/usr/libexec/mdmclient QuerySecurityInfo | /usr/bin/grep -c "RemoteDesktopEnabled = 0"If the result is not "1", this is a finding.

Fix

F-72462r1034532_fix

Configure the macOS system to disable Remote Management with the following commands:/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -deactivate -stop