Detections
Analytics

FFOX-00-000038 - Pocket must be disabled.

Information

Pocket, previously known as Read It Later, is a social bookmarking service for storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks. Data gathering cloud services such as this are generally disabled in the DoD.

Solution

Windows group policy:
1. Open the group policy editor tool with 'gpedit.msc'.
2. Navigate to Policy Path: Computer ConfigurationAdministrative TemplatesMozillaFirefox
Policy Name: Disable Pocket
Policy State: Enabled

macOS 'plist' file:
<key>DisablePocket</key>
 <true/>

Linux 'policies.json' file:
Add the following in the policies section:
'DisablePocket': true

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MOZ_Firefox_V6R7_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7a., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-252908r960963_rule, STIG-ID|FFOX-00-000038, Vuln-ID|V-252908

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 4d18ca8524e787dec290b3220dea08433cd8aee1da6f0f2b3dc2b19eaebf4d92