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The macOS system must disable Handoff.

STIG ID: APPL-15-005058  |  SRG: SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048 |  Severity: medium (CAT II)  |  CCI: CCI-000213,CCI-000381,CCI-001443 |  Vulnerability Id: V-268562

Vulnerability Discussion

Handoff must be disabled.

Handoff allows users to continue working on a document or project when the user switches from one Apple device to another. Disabling Handoff prevents data transfers to unauthorized devices.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048, SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049, SRG-OS-000300-GPOS-00118

Check

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

/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS
$.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\
.objectForKey('allowActivityContinuation').js
EOS

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

Fix

Configure the macOS system to disable Handoff by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.
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