The operating system must take corrective actions, when unauthorized mobile code is identified.

From Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG

Associated with: CCI-001662

SV-65645r1_rule The operating system must take corrective actions, when unauthorized mobile code is identified.

Vulnerability discussion

Decisions regarding the employment of mobile code within organizational information systems are based on the potential for the code to cause damage to the system if used maliciously. Mobile code technologies include Java, JavaScript, ActiveX, PDF, Postscript, Shockwave movies, Flash animations, and VBScript. Usage restrictions and implementation guidance apply to both the selection and use of mobile code installed on organizational servers and mobile code downloaded and executed on individual workstations.

Check content

To check to make sure the user cannot override Gatekeeper settings, type the following code: system_profiler SPConfigurationProfileDataType | grep DisableOverride | awk '{ print $3 }' | sed 's/;//' If the returned value is not "1", this is a finding.

Fix text

This can be enforced using a configuration profile.

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