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Disable Popups

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Chromium allows you to manage whether or not unwanted pop-up windows appear. To disable pop-ups, set DefaultPopupsSetting to 2 in the Chromium policy file.

Rationale

Pop-up windows should be disabled to prevent malicious websites from controlling pop-up windows or fooling users into clicking on the wrong window.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_chromium_disable_popups
Severity
Unknown
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Shell Script

if ! grep -q DefaultPopupsSetting /etc/chromium/policies/managed/chrome_stig_policy.json; then
   sed -i -e '/{/a \  "'DefaultPopupsSetting'": '2',' /etc/chromium/policies/managed/chrome_stig_policy.json
else
   sed -i -e 's/\"'DefaultPopupsSetting'.*/\"'DefaultPopupsSetting'\": '2',/g' /etc/chromium/policies/managed/chrome_stig_policy.json
fi