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V-252909

CAT II (Medium)

Firefox Studies must be disabled.

Rule ID

SV-252909r960963_rule

STIG

Mozilla Firefox Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V6R7

CCIs

CCI-000381

Discussion

Studies try out different features and ideas before they are released to all Firefox users. Testing beta software is not in the DoD user's mission.

Check Content

Type "about:policies" in the browser address bar. 

If "DisableFirefoxStudies" is not displayed under Policy Name or the Policy Value does not have a value of "true", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Windows group policy:
1. Open the group policy editor tool with "gpedit.msc".
2. Navigate to Policy Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Mozilla\Firefox
Policy Name: Disable Firefox Studies
Policy State: Enabled

macOS "plist" file:
<key>DisableFirefoxStudies</key>
 <true/>

Linux "policies.json" file:
Add the following in the policies section:
"DisableFirefoxStudies": true