Details

Acrobat Pro XI provides a Webmail capability. This allows users to send PDFs as email attachments using any mail account that supports SMTP/IMAP protocols. In addition to existing desktop email clients, users can now configure these mail accounts by providing User Name, Password, IMAP and SMTP details. The capability allows users to utilize Gmail and Yahoo mail accounts to send PDF files directly from within the Acrobat application. This capability allows the user to by-pass existing email protections provided by DoD email services.

Solution

Verify the following registry configuration:

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

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

Value Name: bDisableWebmail
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-89989r1_rule
• STIG-ID|ADBP-XI-001305
• Vuln-ID|V-75309

Source

• Tenable.com/audits