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What's the real world risk to the system of disabling Global Object Security Policy

  • March 22, 2024
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I've read through a post in this forum about similar question (back in 2017), but it didn't quite answer my question.

 

I understand that global object is readable by others, but is there any risk of one document implanting a malware/virus  in the global object, which affects other documents?  Or in more general term, is there any risk by disabling the policy, which may results in a much wider thread?

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    Correct answer Amal.

    Again, I've already stated that in my original post.  I'm aware that it's readable by others.  My question is, as per my original post, 

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    is there any risk of one document implanting a malware/virus  in the global object, which affects other documents?  Or in more general term, is there any risk by disabling the policy, which may results in a much wider thread?

     

    It sounds to me like either you are not sure or the answer is there is no other risks besides it's readable by others?


    Hi there,

     

    Yes, you got it right. Disabling the "global object security policy" poses no threat to your user's computer. It functions solely to generate a single tracking ID or cookie on their device, similar to how browser sessions handle cookies. Therefore, its deactivation does not cause any harm to the user's system.

     

    Regards

    Amal

     

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    Amal.
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    Amal.Community Manager
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    March 22, 2024

    Hi @Test36246370m6r9 

     

    Hope you are doing well and thanks for reaching out.

     

    Please check out the correct answer marked in the similar discussion https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-reader-discussions/can-you-tell-me-what-the-enable-global-object-security-policy-is-really-doing-and-what-is-the-real/m-p/8944624#M23914 and see if that works.

     

    ~Amal

     

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    Test36246370m6r9Author
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    March 22, 2024

    Thanks Amal.

    That discussion didn't answer my question as per my first statement.  That's why i elaborated explicitly on what I am asking, which that discussion back in 2017 didnt address

    Amal.
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    Amal.Community Manager
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    March 25, 2024

    Hi there

     

    The Global Object Security Policy (GOSP) is a setting in many supported PDF readers which controls how cookies behave. The default setting is “enable global object security policy” which means that every time someone renames a file or moves a file to a different location, a different cookie is created each time.

    Since DRM protected content relies on these cookies to track the number of ‘devices’ that a user opens the protected PDF, you will be required to disable this feature to open and view DRM protected PDFs.

     

    Additional info: Please check the similar discussion that i have found on MS support page https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/global-security-policy-settings-message-this/a9797047-2273-e011-8dfc-68b599b31bf5 and see if that helps.

     

    Hope this information will help.

     

    ~Amal

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