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Firefox search suggestions must be disabled.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Search Suggestions may be disabled in an administrative policy by setting the SearchSuggestEnabled key under policies to false.

Rationale

Search suggestions must be disabled as this could lead to searches being conducted that were never intended to be made.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_firefox_policy-search_suggestion
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Shell Script


firefox_cfg="policies.json"
# Default to /etc/firefox/policies to use for remediations.
firefox_dirs="/etc/firefox/policies"
permissions=644