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V-252507

CAT II (Medium)

The macOS system must disable the Screen Sharing feature.

Rule ID

SV-252507r991589_rule

STIG

Apple macOS 12 (Monterey) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R9

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

The Screen Sharing feature allows remote users to view or control the desktop of the current user. A malicious user can take advantage of screen sharing to gain full access to the system remotely, either with stolen credentials or by guessing the username and password. Disabling Screen Sharing mitigates this risk.

Check Content

To check if the Screen Sharing service is disabled, use the following command:

/usr/bin/sudo /bin/launchctl print-disabled system | /usr/bin/grep com.apple.screensharing

If the results do not show the following, this is a finding:

"com.apple.screensharing" => true

Fix Text

To disable the Screen Sharing service, run the following command:

/usr/bin/sudo /bin/launchctl disable system/com.apple.screensharing

The system may need to be restarted for the update to take effect.