Firefox Studies must be disabled.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>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.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-252909r879587_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Windows group policy:
1. Open the group policy editor tool with "gpedit.msc".
2. Navigate to Policy Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Mozilla\Firefox
Policy Name: Disable Firefox Studies
Policy State: Enabled