The macOS system must disable Remote Management.

STIG ID: APPL-14-002250  |  SRG: SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049 | Severity: medium |  CCI: CCI-000381

Vulnerability Discussion

Remote Management must be disabled.

Check

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

Configure the macOS system to disable Remote Management with the following commands:

/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -deactivate -stop
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