A password must be required to unlock each System Preference Pane.

From Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG

Associated with: CCI-000366

SV-65677r1_rule A password must be required to unlock each System Preference Pane.

Vulnerability discussion

A password must be required to access locked System Preferences.

Check content

To check if the status of the System Preference Pane authorization requirements, run the following command: sudo security authorizationdb read system.preferences | grep -A1 shared If the results display "true" this is a finding.

Fix text

To set the system to require a password to unlock every System Preference Pane, open System Preferences->Security & Privacy->Advanced, and make sure the box is checked to "Require an administrator password to access locked preferences".

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