Adobe Acrobat Pro XI Webmail must be disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-75309	ADBP-XI-001305	SV-89989r1_rule		Low

Description
Acrobat Pro XI provides a Webmail capability. This allows users to send PDFs as email attachments using any mail account that supports SMTP/IMAP protocols. In addition to existing desktop email clients, users can now configure these mail accounts by providing User Name, Password, IMAP and SMTP details. The capability allows users to utilize Gmail and Yahoo mail accounts to send PDF files directly from within the Acrobat application. This capability allows the user to by-pass existing email protections provided by DoD email services.

Description

Acrobat Pro XI provides a Webmail capability. This allows users to send PDFs as email attachments using any mail account that supports SMTP/IMAP protocols. In addition to existing desktop email clients, users can now configure these mail accounts by providing User Name, Password, IMAP and SMTP details. The capability allows users to utilize Gmail and Yahoo mail accounts to send PDF files directly from within the Acrobat application. This capability allows the user to by-pass existing email protections provided by DoD email services.

STIG	Date
Adobe Acrobat Pro XI Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-07-24

Details

Check Text ( C-75093r1_chk )
Verify the following registry configuration: Note: The Key Name "cWebmailProfiles" is not created by default in the Acrobat Pro XI install and must be created. Using the Registry Editor, navigate to the following: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\11.0\FeatureLockDown\cWebmailProfiles Value Name: bDisableWebmail Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1 If the value for bDisableWebmail is not set to “1” and Type is not configured to REG_DWORD or does not exist, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-75093r1_chk )

Verify the following registry configuration:

Note: The Key Name "cWebmailProfiles" is not created by default in the Acrobat Pro XI install and must be created.

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

Value Name: bDisableWebmail
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

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

Fix Text (F-81925r2_fix)
Configure the following registry value: Note: The Key Name "cWebmailProfiles" is not created by default in the Acrobat Pro XI install and must be created. Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Registry Path: \Software\Policies\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\11.0\FeatureLockDown\cWebmailProfiles Value Name: bDisableWebmail Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1