Details

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);

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: System and Information Integrity.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.

References

• 800-53|SI-3

Source

• Tenable.com/audits