Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous Periodic downloading of Adobe certificates must be disabled.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-213138 | AADC-CN-001320 | SV-213138r766568_rule | CCI-002470 | low |
| Description | ||||
| By default, the user can update Adobe certificates from an Adobe server through the GUI. When updating Adobe certificates is disabled, it prevents the automatic download and installation of certificates and disables and locks the end user's ability to download those certificates. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Adobe Acrobat Professional DC Continuous Track Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2021-06-22 | |||
Related Frameworks
1 mapping across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
SCF0 mappings
No source states a mapping between these directly.
Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source
Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2equal to
NIST 800-530 mappings
No source states a mapping between these directly.
Also reachable in 2 hops (39) derived by us, not asserted by any source
Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
+29 more (top 10 by confidence shown)
CCI1 mapping
CCI-002470
1.00
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
Details
Check Text (C-213138r766568_chk)
Verify the following registry configuration:
Using the Registry Editor, navigate to the following: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\Security\cDigSig\cAdobeDownload
Value Name: bLoadSettingsFromURL
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0
If the value for bLoadSettingsFromURL is not set to “0” and Type is not configured to REG_DWORD or does not exist, this is a finding.
GUI path: Edit > Preferences > Trust Manager > In the 'Automatic Adobe Approved Trust List (AATL) Updates' section > verify the 'Load trusted certificates from an Adobe AATL server' is not checked. If the box is checked, this is a finding.
Admin Template path: User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous > Preferences > Trust Manager > 'Load trusted certificates from an Adobe AATL server' must be set to 'Disabled'.
Fix Text (F-14373r766567_fix)
Configure the following registry value:
Registry Hive:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry Path:
\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\Security\cDigSig\cAdobeDownload
Value Name: bLoadSettingsFromURL
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0
Configure the policy value for User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous > Preferences > Trust Manager > 'Load trusted certificates from an Adobe AATL server' to 'Disabled'.