Details

Products that don’t provide the full set of features by default provide the user the opportunity to upgrade. Acrobat Upsell displays message which encourage the user to upgrade the product. For example, Reader users can purchase additional tools and features, and Acrobat Reader users can upgrade to Acrobat Professional.

Solution

Configure the following registry value:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path: SoftwarePoliciesAdobeAcrobat Reader2015FeatureLockDown

Value Name: bAcroSuppressUpsell
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Adobe_Acrobat_Reader_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-213155r557349_rule
• STIG-ID|ARDC-CL-000080
• STIG-Legacy|SV-80305
• STIG-Legacy|V-65815
• Vuln-ID|V-213155

Source

• Tenable.com/audits