Details

When Repair Installation is disabled the user does not have the option (Help Menu) or ability to repair an Adobe Acrobat Pro DC install. Ability to repair includes the risk that established security settings could be overwritten.

Solution

Configure the following registry value:

For 32 bit:
Registry Hive:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path:
SoftwareAdobeAdobe Acrobat2015Installer

For 64 bit:
Registry Hive:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path:
SOFTWAREWow6432NodeAdobeAdobe Acrobat2015Installer

Value Name: DisableMaintenance
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration > Administrative Template > Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Classic > Preferences > Help > ‘Repair Installation on 32/64 bit’ 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 WindowsPolicyDefinitions and WindowsPolicyDefinitionsen-US directories respectively.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Adobe_Acrobat_Pro_DC_Classic_V2R1_STIG.ziphttps://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Adobe_Acrobat_Pro_DC_Classic_V2R1_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.

References

• 800-53|CM-7a.
• CAT|III
• CCI|CCI-000381
• Rule-ID|SV-213109r557504_rule
• STIG-ID|AADC-CL-001295
• STIG-Legacy|SV-94847
• STIG-Legacy|V-80143
• Vuln-ID|V-213109

Source

• Tenable.com/audits