id: insecure-sudo-timestamp info: name: macOS Excessive Sudo Timestamp Timeout author: geeknik severity: medium description: | Checks if the sudo timestamp timeout is configured to an excessively long duration (100+ minutes). impact: | A long sudo timestamp can allow a user to execute commands with root privileges for an extended period of time without re-entering their password. remediation: | Set the sudo timestamp to a reasonable value to reduce the risk of unauthorized access. tags: macos,audit,local,security,sudo self-contained: true code: - engine: - sh - bash source: | grep -E "^Defaults.*timestamp_timeout=" /etc/sudoers matchers: - type: regex regex: - "timestamp_timeout=([1-9][0-9]{2,})" # digest: 4a0a00473045022056c70c9e83ca5b06dfd2d6f37d3fac472448c1684e5513de20f012e1c6d79207022100fa6c9d279661d23106d9c0c878ae249adb35cd312d45c18c3f9a6f098d8bf186:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950