Details

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.

Solution

Verify the following registry configuration:

Note: The Key Name cServices is not created by default in the Acrobat Pro XI install and must be created.

Registry Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry Path: SoftwarePoliciesAdobeAdobe Acrobat11.0FeatureLockDowncServices

Value Name: bToggleWebConnectors
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

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|III
• CCI|CCI-000381
• Rule-ID|SV-89991r1_rule
• STIG-ID|ADBP-XI-001300
• Vuln-ID|V-75311

Source

• Tenable.com/audits