6.4 Set Delay for Enabling Security Sensitive Dialog Boxes

Information

This feature sets the amount of time in milliseconds that elapse before the buttons on security-sensitive dialog boxes are enabled.
This delay help prevents Firefox users from inadvertently installing malicious software.

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("security.dialog_enable_delay", 2000);

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

References: 800-53|SI-3

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 87c208c26f25e1ee6dc981eade930917d0bf9384b57c682a024fdc91a8f24def