Mozilla Firefox Security Technical Implementation Guide

Overview

VersionDateFinding Count (34)Downloads
62025-02-11CAT I (High): 2CAT II (Medium): 30CAT III (Low): 2
STIG Description
This Security Technical Implementation Guide is published as a tool to improve the security of Department of Defense (DOD) information systems. The requirements are derived from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-53 and related documents. Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via email to the following address: disa.stig_spt@mail.mil.
ClassifiedPublicSensitive
I - Mission Critical ClassifiedI - Mission Critical PublicI - Mission Critical Sensitive
II - Mission Support ClassifiedII - Mission Support PublicII - Mission Support Sensitive
III - Administrative ClassifiedIII - Administrative PublicIII - Administrative Sensitive

Findings - MAC III - Administrative Public

Finding IDSeverityTitleDescription
V-251547
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox must be configured to ask which certificate to present to a website when a certificate is required.When a website asks for a certificate for user authentication, Firefox must be configured to have the user choose which certificate to present. Websit...
V-251548
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox must be configured to not automatically check for updated versions of installed search plugins.Updates must be controlled and installed from authorized and trusted servers. This setting overrides a number of other settings that may direct the ap...
V-251549
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox must be configured to not automatically update installed add-ons and plugins.Set this to false to disable checking for updated versions of the Extensions/Themes. Automatic updates from untrusted sites puts the enclave at risk o...
V-251550
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox must be configured to not automatically execute or download MIME types that are not authorized for auto-download.Some files can be downloaded or execute without user interaction. This setting ensures these files are not downloaded and executed....
V-251551
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox must be configured to disable form fill assistance.To protect privacy and sensitive data, Firefox provides the ability to configure the program so that data entered into forms is not saved. This mitiga...
V-251552
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox must be configured to not use a password store with or without a master password.Firefox can be set to store passwords for sites visited by the user. These individual passwords are stored in a file and can be protected by a master ...
V-251553
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox must be configured to block pop-up windows.Pop-up windows may be used to launch an attack within a new browser window with altered settings. This setting blocks pop-up windows created while the...
V-251554
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox must be configured to prevent JavaScript from moving or resizing windows.JavaScript can make changes to the browser's appearance. This activity can help disguise an attack taking place in a minimized background window. Conf...
V-251555
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox must be configured to prevent JavaScript from raising or lowering windows.JavaScript can raise and lower browser windows to cause improper input. Configure the browser setting to prevent scripts on visited websites from rais...
V-251557
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox must be configured to disable the installation of extensions.A browser extension is a program that has been installed into the browser to add functionality. Where a plug-in interacts only with a web page and usu...
V-251558
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Background submission of information to Mozilla must be disabled.Firefox by default sends information about Firefox to Mozilla servers. There should be no background submission of technical and other information fro...
V-251560
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox must have the DOD root certificates installed.The DOD root certificates will ensure that the trust chain is established for server certificates issued from the DOD Certificate Authority (CA)....
V-251562
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox must prevent the user from quickly deleting data.There should not be an option for a user to "forget" work they have done. This is required to meet non-repudiation controls....
V-251563
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox private browsing must be disabled.Private browsing allows the user to browse the internet without recording their browsing history/activity. From a forensics perspective, this is unacc...
V-251564
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox search suggestions must be disabled.Search suggestions must be disabled as this could lead to searches being conducted that were never intended to be made....
V-251566
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox network prediction must be disabled.If network prediction is enabled, requests to URLs are made without user consent. The browser should always make a direct DNS request without prefetch...
V-251567
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox fingerprinting protection must be enabled.The Content Blocking/Tracking Protection feature stops Firefox from loading content from malicious sites. The content might be a script or an image, f...
V-251568
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox cryptomining protection must be enabled.The Content Blocking/Tracking Protection feature stops Firefox from loading content from malicious sites. The content might be a script or an image, f...
V-251569
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox Enhanced Tracking Protection must be enabled.Tracking generally refers to content, cookies, or scripts that can collect browsing data across multiple sites. It is detrimental for applications to...
V-251570
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox extension recommendations must be disabled.The Recommended Extensions program makes it easier for users to discover extensions that have been reviewed for security, functionality, and user expe...
V-251571
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox deprecated ciphers must be disabled.A weak cipher is defined as an encryption/decryption algorithm that uses a key of insufficient length. Using an insufficient length for a key in an en...
V-251572
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox must not recommend extensions as the user is using the browser.The Recommended Extensions program recommends extensions to users as they surf the web. The user must not be encouraged to install extensions from th...
V-251573
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
The Firefox New Tab page must not show Top Sites, Sponsored Top Sites, Pocket Recommendations, Sponsored Pocket Stories, Searches, Highlights, or Snippets.The New Tab page by default shows a list of built-in top sites, as well as the top sites the user has visited. It is detrimental for applications to ...
V-251577
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox must be configured so that DNS over HTTPS is disabled.DNS over HTTPS has generally not been adopted in the DoD. DNS is tightly controlled. It is detrimental for applications to provide, or install by def...
V-251578
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox accounts must be disabled.Disable Firefox Accounts integration (Sync). It is detrimental for applications to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requireme...
V-251580
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox feedback reporting must be disabled.Disable the menus for reporting sites (Submit Feedback, Report Deceptive Site). It is detrimental for applications to provide, or install by default...
V-251581
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox encrypted media extensions must be disabled.Enable or disable Encrypted Media Extensions and optionally lock it. If "Enabled" is set to "false", Firefox does not download encrypted media extens...
V-252881
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox must be configured to not delete data upon shutdown.For diagnostic purposes, data must remain behind when the browser is closed. This is required to meet non-repudiation controls....
V-252908
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Pocket must be disabled.Pocket, previously known as Read It Later, is a social bookmarking service for storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks. Data gathering cloud s...
V-252909
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox Studies must be disabled.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....
V-251559
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox development tools must be disabled.Information needed by an attacker to begin looking for possible vulnerabilities in a web browser includes any information about the web browser and pl...
V-251565
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox autoplay must be disabled.Autoplay allows the user to control whether videos can play automatically (without user consent) with audio content. The user must be able to select c...
V-251545
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
The installed version of Firefox must be supported.Using versions of an application that are not supported by the vendor is not permitted. Vendors respond to security flaws with updates and patches. Th...
V-251546
LOWMEDIUMHIGH
Firefox must be configured to allow only TLS 1.2 or above.Use of versions prior to TLS 1.2 are not permitted. SSL 2.0 and SSL 3.0 contain a number of security flaws. These versions must be disabled in complia...