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Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Continuous Track Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Adobe Reader DC must disable the ability to change the Default Handler.

    <VulnDiscussion>Allowing user to make changes to an application case cause a security risk. When the Default PDF Handler is disabled, the en...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SRG-APP-000112

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Adobe Reader DC must enable Enhanced Security in a Standalone Application.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;PDFs have evolved from static pages to complex documents with features such as interactive forms, multimedia content, scripti...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000112

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Adobe Reader DC must enable Enhanced Security in a Browser.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;PDFs have evolved from static pages to complex documents with features such as interactive forms, multimedia content, scripti...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000112

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Adobe Reader DC must enable Protected Mode.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A threat to users of Adobe Reader DC is opening a PDF file that contains malicious executable content. Protected mode provid...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000112

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Adobe Reader DC must enable Protected View.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A threat to users of Adobe Reader DC is opening a PDF file that contains malicious executable content. Protected view restri...
    Rule Medium Severity

The content of the drawer really is up to you. It could have form fields, definition lists, text lists, labels, charts, progress bars, etc. Spacing recommendation is 24px margins. You can put tabs in here, and can also make the drawer scrollable.

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