Ensure Show Full Website Address in Safari Is Enabled

LowLevel 1Automatedmacos

Description

Attackers use websites with malicious or unwanted content to exploit the user or the computer. Part of the attack chain is to lure someone to load their content rather than the desired content. In order to reduce the risk in interacting with unwanted content, the full website address should always be displayed in Safari.

How it is checked

Audit method: Shell command

shell

out=$(/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPConfigurationProfileDataType 2>/dev/null) || exit 1
printf '%s\n' "$out" | /usr/bin/grep -E 'ShowFullURLInSmartSearchField' | /usr/bin/tr -d ' '

Expected output: ShowFullURLInSmartSearchField=1;

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Profile (preferred): com.apple.Safari ShowFullURLInSmartSearchField = <true/>.

Properties

Operating systems: macos-26
Tags: macosapplications
Reference: CIS Apple macOS 26 Tahoe Benchmark v1.1.0 - 6.3.7 Ensure Show Full Website Address in Safari Is Enabled

Check this host

Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.

shell

tmaegis scan --target macos