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V-251568CAT II — Medium severitySV-251568r960963_rule

Firefox cryptomining protection must be enabled.

Rule version FFOX-00-000024 · STIG v6 · 2026-08-19

Discussion

The Content Blocking/Tracking Protection feature stops Firefox from loading content from malicious sites. The content might be a script or an image, for example. If a site is on one of the tracker lists that Firefox is set to use, the fingerprinting script (or other tracking script/image) will not be loaded from that site.

Cryptomining scripts use a computer's central processing unit to invisibly mine cryptocurrency.

Check

Type "about:policies" in the browser address bar.

If "EnableTrackingProtection" is not displayed under Policy Name or the Policy Value is not "Cryptomining" with a value of "true", this is a finding.

Fix

Windows group policy: 1. Open the group policy editor tool with "gpedit.msc". 2. Navigate to Policy Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Mozilla\Firefox\Tracking Protection Policy Name: Cryptomining Policy State: Enabled

macOS "plist" file: Add the following: <key>EnableTrackingProtection</key> <dict> <key>Cryptomining</key> <true/> </dict>

Linux "policies.json" file: Add the following in the policies section: "EnableTrackingProtection": { "Cryptomining": true }

Identifiers

Group ID
V-251568
Group title
SRG-APP-000141
Rule ID
SV-251568r960963_rule
Check ID
C-55003r807174_chk
Fix ID
F-54957r807175_fix