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Adobe Acrobat Pro XI Protected Mode must be enabled.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-75285 ADBP-XI-001010 SV-89965r1_rule Medium
Description
Protected Mode is a “sandbox” that is essentially a read-only mode. When enabled, Acrobat allows the execution environment of untrusted PDF's and the processes the PDF may invoke but also presumes all PDFs are potentially malicious and confines processing to a restricted sandbox.
STIG Date
Adobe Acrobat Pro XI Security Technical Implementation Guide 2017-07-24

Details

Check Text ( C-75069r1_chk )
Verify the following registry configuration:

Using the Registry Editor, navigate to the following: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\11.0\FeatureLockDown

Value Name: bProtectedMode
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

If the value for bProtectedMode is not set to “1” and Type is not configured to REG_DWORD or does not exist, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-81901r2_fix)
Configure the following registry value:

Registry Hive:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path:
\Software\Policies\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\11.0\FeatureLockDown

Value Name: bProtectedMode
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1