Web Sharing must be disabled.

From Apple OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000381

SV-72895r1_rule Web Sharing must be disabled.

Vulnerability discussion

Web Sharing is non-essential and must be disabled. Enabling any service increases the attack surface for an intruder. By disabling unnecessary services, the attack surface is minimized.

Check content

Web Sharing must be disabled. To check if Web Sharing is enabled, run the following command: sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'print org.apache.httpd:Disabled' /var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd/overrides.plist If the returned value isn't 'true', this is a finding.

Fix text

To disable Web Sharing, run the following command: sudo defaults write /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd/overrides.plist 'org.apache.httpd' -dict Disabled -bool true

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