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AADC-CL-001300 - Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Classic third-party web connectors must be disabled.
Information
Third-party connectors include services such as Dropbox and Google Drive. When third-party web connectors are disabled, it prevents access to third-party services for file storage. Allowing access to online storage services introduces the risk of data loss or data exfiltration.Solution
Configure the following registry value:Registry Hive:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path:
\Software\Policies\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\2015\FeatureLockDown\cServices
Value Name: bToggleWebConnectors
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration > Administrative Template > Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Classic > Preferences > 'Third-party web connectors' to 'Disabled'.
This policy setting requires the installation of the AcrobatProDCClassic custom templates included with the STIG package. 'AcrobatProDCClassic.admx' and 'AcrobatProDCClassic.adml' must be copied to the \Windows\PolicyDefinitions and \Windows\PolicyDefinitions\en-US directories respectively.
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Adobe_Acrobat_Pro_DC_Classic_V2R1_STIG.zip
Item Details
Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
References: 800-53|CM-7a., CAT|III, CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-213110r557504_rule, STIG-ID|AADC-CL-001300, STIG-Legacy|SV-94849, STIG-Legacy|V-80145, Vuln-ID|V-213110
Plugin: Windows
Control ID: d00a8796042a9f01d47cf1fcefa05004da591c42f2742fbff8b0948af4910ca5