Details

Adobe has ended support for Acrobat Reader Classic track and is no longer providing patches or security updates for this product. Organizations (including any contractor to the organization) are required to promptly remove Acrobat Reader Classic track versions as they are no longer supported by the vendor.

Solution

Remove/uninstall the Adobe Acrobat Reader DC application. Replace with a supported Acrobat version if required.

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: System and Information Integrity.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.

References

• 800-53|SI-2c.
• CAT|I
• CCI|CCI-002605
• Rule-ID|SV-213165r557349_rule
• STIG-ID|ARDC-CL-000340
• STIG-Legacy|SV-80301
• STIG-Legacy|V-65811
• Vuln-ID|V-213165

Source

• Tenable.com/audits