Details

Flash has a long history of vulnerabilities. Although Flash is no longer provided with Acrobat, if the system has Flash installed, a malicious PDF could execute code on the system. Configuring Flash to run from a privileged location limits the execution capability of untrusted Flash content that may be embedded in the PDF.

Solution

Configure the following registry value:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path: SoftwarePoliciesAdobeAdobe Acrobat11.0FeatureLockDown

Value Name: bEnableFlash
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_Adobe_Acrobat_Pro_XI_V1R2_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|II
• CCI|CCI-000381
• Rule-ID|SV-89953r1_rule
• STIG-ID|ADBP-XI-000290
• Vuln-ID|V-75273

Source

• Tenable.com/audits