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V-268533

CAT II (Medium)

The macOS system must disable the iCloud Freeform services.

Rule ID

SV-268533r1034539_rule

STIG

Apple macOS 15 (Sequoia) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R7

CCIs

CCI-000381

Discussion

The macOS built-in Freeform.app connection to Apple's iCloud service must be disabled. Enabling any service increases the attack surface for an intruder. By disabling unnecessary services, the attack surface is minimized.

Check Content

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable iCloud Freeform services with the following command:

/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS
$.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\
.objectForKey('allowCloudFreeform').js
EOS

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

Fix Text

Configure the macOS system to disable iCloud Freeform services by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.