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V-277174

CAT II (Medium)

The macOS system must disable Erase Content and Settings.

Rule ID

SV-277174r1148974_rule

STIG

Apple macOS 26 (Tahoe) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R2

CCIs

CCI-000381

Discussion

Erase Content and Settings must be disabled. Without disabling the Erase Content and Settings configuration, forensics data could be lost if this feature is activated on a compromised system.

Check Content

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable Erase Content and Settings with the following command:

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

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

Fix Text

Configure the macOS system to disable Erase Content and Settings by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.