macos-security-baseline

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Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 26, 2026

Risk Level: SAFECOMMAND_EXECUTIONPRIVILEGE_ESCALATION
Full Analysis
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill executes macOS system commands and shell utilities to audit and harden the system.
  • FileVault status check: fdesetup status.
  • Firewall management: /usr/libexec/ApplicationFirewall/socketfilterfw.
  • Configuration modification: sed, grep, tee, and cp are used to manage authentication files.
  • Verification: Runs a local script scripts/check.sh to validate the baseline state.
  • [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: The skill requires sudo privileges to perform administrative modifications to system authentication files.
  • Modification target: Updates /etc/pam.d/sudo_local to enable pam_tid.so for biometric authentication.
  • Safety procedures: Mandates creating timestamped backups of system files and requires explicit user consent before executing privileged commands.
  • Verification: Instructs the agent to verify the new configuration in a separate terminal session before closing the current one to prevent accidental lockout.
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
SAFE
Analyzed
Sep 26, 2026, 10:27 AM