Adobe Acrobat Pro XI Security Technical Implementation Guide

The Adobe Acrobat Pro XI Security Technical Implementation Guide (V1 R2) has 26 STIG checks. New to STIG checklists? Read What is a STIG checklist?, CKL vs CKLB, and STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

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Severity

Version

V1 · R2

CurrentPublished Fri Jan 26 2018

Adobe Acrobat Pro XI Adobe Repair Installation must be disabled.

Adobe Acrobat Pro XI Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

Adobe Acrobat Pro XI Adobe Repair Installation must be disabled.

Description

Discussion Text

When Repair Installation is disabled the user does not have the option (Help Menu) or ability to repair an Adobe Acrobat Pro XI install. Ability to repair includes the risk that established security settings could be overwritten.

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Objective

V-75315

Rule

SV-89995r1_rule

Severity

low

Rule Version

ADBP-XI-001295

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Verify the following registry configuration:

Using the Registry Editor, navigate to the following: 

For 32 bit:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\11.0\Installer

For 64 bit:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\11.0\Installer

Value Name: DisableMaintenance
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

If the value for DisableMaintenance is not set to "1" and Type is not configured to REG_DWORD or does not exist, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure the following registry value:

For 32 bit:
Registry Hive:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path:
\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\11.0\Installer

For 64 bit:
Registry Hive:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path:
\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\11.0\Installer

Value Name: DisableMaintenance
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

STIG check 25 of 26 in the Adobe Acrobat Pro XI STIG checklist

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