III - Administrative Classified
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-APP-000112
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Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous Enhanced Security for browser mode must be enabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Enhanced Security (ES) is a sandbox capability that restricts access to system resources and prevents PDF cross domain access...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous PDF file attachments must be blocked.
<VulnDiscussion>Acrobat Pro allows for files to be attached to PDF documents. Attachments represent a potential security risk because they ca...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous access to unknown websites must be restricted.
<VulnDiscussion>Acrobat provides the ability for the user to store a list of websites with an associated behavior of allow, ask, or block. We...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous access to websites must be blocked.
<VulnDiscussion>PDF files can contain URLs that initiate connections to websites in order to share or get information. Any Internet access in...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous must be configured to block Flash Content.
<VulnDiscussion>Flash has a long history of vulnerabilities. Although Flash is no longer provided with Acrobat, if the system has Flash inst...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous Send and Track plugin for Outlook must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>When enabled, the Adobe Send and Track button appears in Outlook. When an email is composed it enables the ability to send la...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000380
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous privileged file and folder locations must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Privileged Locations are the primary method Acrobat uses to allow users and admins to specify trusted content that should be ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000427
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous periodic downloading of Adobe European certificates must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>By default, the user can update Adobe European certificates from an Adobe server through the GUI. When updating Adobe Europ...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-APP-000431
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous Protected Mode must be enabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Protected Mode is a “sandbox” that is essentially a read-only mode. When enabled, Acrobat allows the execution environment o...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000431
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous Protected View must be enabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Protected View is a “super-sandbox” that is essentially a read-only mode. When enabled, Acrobat strictly confines the executi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000456
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous latest security-related software updates must be installed.
<VulnDiscussion>Security flaws with software applications are discovered daily. Vendors are constantly updating and patching their products t...Rule High Severity -
SRG-APP-000133
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous Default Handler changes must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Acrobat Pro allows users to change the version of Acrobat Pro that is used to read PDF files. This is a risk if multiple vers...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous must disable the ability to store files on Acrobat.com.
<VulnDiscussion>Adobe Acrobat Pro DC provides the ability to store PDF files on Adobe.com servers. Allowing users to store files on non-DoD s...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous Cloud Synchronization must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>By default, Adobe online services are tightly integrated in Adobe Acrobat. When the Adobe Cloud synchronization is disabled i...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous Repair Installation must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>When Repair Installation is disabled the user does not have the option (Help Menu) or ability to repair an Adobe Acrobat Pro ...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous third-party web connectors must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Third-party connectors include services such as Dropbox and Google Drive. When third-party web connectors are disabled, it pr...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous Webmail must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Acrobat Pro DC provides a Webmail capability. This allows users to send PDFs as email attachments using any mail account that...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous Welcome Screen must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>The Adobe Welcome screen can be distracting. It provides marketing material and also has online links to the Adobe quick tips...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous SharePoint and Office365 access must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Both SharePoint and Office365 configurations are shared in one setting. Disabling this setting removes the user’s ability to ...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-APP-000427
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous Periodic downloading of Adobe certificates must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>By default, the user can update Adobe certificates from an Adobe server through the GUI. When updating Adobe certificates is ...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-APP-000380
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous privileged host locations must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Privileged Locations are the primary method Acrobat uses to allow users and admins to specify trusted content that should be ...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-APP-000416
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous FIPS mode must be enabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of using encryption to protect data. The application mu...Rule Medium Severity
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