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V-213184CAT II — Medium severitySV-213184r395853_rule

Adobe Reader DC must disable access to Webmail.

Rule version ARDC-CN-000090 · STIG v2 · 2021-06-22

Discussion

When Webmail is disabled the user cannot configure a webmail account to send an open PDF document as an attachment. Users should have the ability to send documents as Microsoft Outlook attachments. The difference is that Outlook must be configured by the administrator on the local machine.

Check

Verify the following registry configuration:

Note: The Key Name "cWebmailProfiles" is not created by default in the Adobe Reader DC install and must be created.

Utilizing the Registry Editor, navigate to the following: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\FeatureLockDown\cWebmailProfiles

Value Name: bDisableWebmail Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1

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

Fix

Configure the following registry value:

Note: The Key Name "cWebmailProfiles" is not created by default in the Adobe Reader DC install and must be created.

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

Value Name: bDisableWebmail Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1

Identifiers

Group ID
V-213184
Group title
SRG-APP-000141
Rule ID
SV-213184r395853_rule
Check ID
C-14419r276770_chk
Fix ID
F-14417r276771_fix