Details

This feature dictates whether Firefox will update installed search providers. Search providers allow the user to search directly from the ‘Search bar’ which is adjacent to the URL bar.

Software updates help ensure that users are safe from known software bugs and vulnerabilities.

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(“browser.search.update”, true);

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 Windows.

References

• 800-53|CM-7b.

Source

• Tenable.com/audits