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V-213123

CAT II (Medium)

The Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous Send and Track plugin for Outlook must be disabled.

Rule ID

SV-213123r766529_rule

STIG

Adobe Acrobat Professional DC Continuous Track Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R1

CCIs

CCI-000381

Discussion

When enabled, the Adobe Send and Track button appears in Outlook. When an email is composed it enables the ability to send large files as public links through Outlook. The attached files can be uploaded to the Adobe Document Cloud and public links to the files are inserted in the email body.

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Verify the following registry configuration:

Note: The Key Name "cCloud" is not created by default in the Acrobat Pro DC install and must be created.

Using the Registry Editor, navigate to the following: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\FeatureLockDown\cCloud

Value Name: bAdobeSendPluginToggle
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

If the value for bAdobeSendPluginToggle is not set to “1” and Type is not configured to REG_DWORD or does not exist, this is a finding.

Admin Template path: Computer Configuration &gt; Administrative Templates &gt; Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous &gt; Preferences &gt; 'Send and Track plugin' must be set to 'Disabled'.

Fix Text

Configure the following registry value:

Note: The Key Name "cCloud" is not created by default in the Acrobat Pro DC install and must be created.

Registry Hive:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path:
\Software\Policies\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\FeatureLockDown\cCloud

Value Name: bAdobeSendPluginToggle
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration &gt; Administrative Templates &gt; Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous &gt; Preferences &gt; 'Send and Track plugin' to 'Disabled'.