Adobe Reader - ADMX template and GPO reference guide is incomplete and old.
Hi,
We use Windows OS and Adobe Reader as our main PDF reader at our company. Since there are various attack vectors and vulnerabilities in Reader, Adobe provides a reference guide with most of the options that can be enabled or disable to mitigate this.[0]
The ADMX template[1], that can be installed int the component store has not been updated since 2015!!!
There is no easy way to add or update the ADMX template, because the Preference Reference list[0] is ONLY a vieweable HTML page. Why Adobe does not provide an updated ADMX template with all of the lastest updates or changes ?
And even the preference reference list does not contain, for example, registry key on how to DISABLE or ENABLE so called "Generative AI". [2] The registry key "bEnableGentech" is not even mentioned in the [0] preference list.
I am aware that there are 3rd party solutions, such as, NIST template[3] or Powershell ADMX generator[4] but this does not solve the main issue. Adobe, please, take a look at this.
Thank you!
0 - Preference Reference for Acrobat and Adobe Reader
1 - Group Policy-Active Directory — Acrobat Desktop Windows Deployment - Acrobat Continuous track
2 - Turn off the generative AI features
3 - Preference Reference for Acrobat and Adobe Reader
4 - NCP - Checklist Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Continuous Track STIG
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