Details

The mozilla.cfg file is used by Firefox to configure all the locked preferences.

Loading a custom configuration file is a primary mechanism for setting and enforcing security requirements in Firefox.

Solution

Perform the following procedure:

* Navigate to the Firefox installation directory and create a file called mozilla.cfg.

* The first line of the file must be a comment:

//

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

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

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• 800-53|CM-6b.

Source

• Tenable.com/audits