5.6 Block Pop-up Windows

Information

The Pop-up Blocker is used to block Pop-ups which a website might open with or without any user interaction. These Pop-Ups can be used to open un-trusted malicious content.
By enabling the Pop-up blocker, all Pop-ups will be blocked which will 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.policy", 1);

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b.

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: b68c814b2da7c9151a749aa7102e002b8ce2a01144185e4e39bf527e68390660