7.6 Disable Popups Initiated by Plugins

Information

This feature controls popups that are initiated by plugins.
Disabling plugin popups (except from white-listed sites) from being displayed, guard a user against any attacks launched using a Pop-up.

Solution

Perform the following procedure:

* Open the mozilla.cfg file in the installation directory with a text editor

* Add the following lines to mozilla.cfg:

lockPref("privacy.popups.disable_from_plugins", 2)

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/1158

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7b.

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 94429160f8315eb7602ed0b1f73bf757ab6a4d655dd0b2544346bae91415dc68