ADBP-XI-001335 - Adobe Acrobat Pro XI certified document trust must be disabled.

Information

Certified document trust elevates signed PDF files to a privileged location and bypasses privileged view security protections. Disabling certified documents disables and locks the end user's ability to elevate certified documents as a privileged location.

Solution

Configure the following registry value:

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

Value Name: bEnableCertificateBasedTrust
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

See Also

https://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_Adobe_Acrobat_Pro_XI_V1R2_STIG.zip