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V-213134CAT III — Low severitySV-213134r766556_rule

Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous third-party web connectors must be disabled.

Rule version AADC-CN-001300 · STIG v2 · 2021-06-22

Discussion

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.

Check

Verify the following registry configuration:

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

Value Name: bToggleWebConnectors Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1

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

Admin Template path: Computer Configuration > Administrative Template > Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous > Preferences > 'Third-party web connectors' must be set to 'Disabled'.

Fix

Configure the following registry value:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Registry Path: \Software\Policies\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\FeatureLockDown\cServices

Value Name: bToggleWebConnectors Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration > Administrative Template > Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous > Preferences > 'Third-party web connectors' to 'Disabled'.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-213134
Group title
SRG-APP-000141
Rule ID
SV-213134r766556_rule
Check ID
C-14371r766554_chk
Fix ID
F-14369r766555_fix