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← Back to Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide

V-259422

CAT II (Medium)

The macOS system must disable hot corners.

Rule ID

SV-259422r958404_rule

STIG

Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R3

CCIs

CCI-000060

Discussion

Hot corners must be disabled. The information system conceals, via the session lock, information previously visible on the display with a publicly viewable image. Although hot corners can be used to initiate a session lock or to launch useful applications, they can also be configured to disable an automatic session lock from initiating. Such a configuration introduces the risk that a user might forget to manually lock the screen before stepping away from the computer.

Check Content

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable hot corners with the following command:

/usr/bin/profiles -P -o stdout | /usr/bin/grep -Ec '"wvous-bl-corner" = 0|"wvous-br-corner" = 0|"wvous-tl-corner" = 0|"wvous-tr-corner" = 0'

If the result is not "4", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the macOS system to disable hot corners by installing the "com.apple.ManagedClient.preferences" configuration profile.