ColdFusion must use cryptography mechanisms to protect the integrity of data sent to the PDF Service.

From Adobe ColdFusion 11 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-001453

SV-76839r1_rule ColdFusion must use cryptography mechanisms to protect the integrity of data sent to the PDF Service.

Vulnerability discussion

Protecting data being sent to the PDF Service for PDF document creation protects the data from being read or modified before the document is created and returned to the requesting application. This protection can be implemented by using https over the plaintext transport protocol of http.

Check content

Access the "PDF Service" page under the "Data & Services" menu within the Administrator Console. If there are no PDF Service Managers defined, the finding is not applicable. If any PDF Service Managers listed have "Https Enabled" set to "NO", this is a finding.

Fix text

If there are no PDF Service Managers in use, the finding is not applicable. Access the "PDF Service" page under the "Data & Services" menu within the Administrator Console. Edit each service and check the "Https Enabled" option.

Pro Tips

Lavender hyperlinks in small type off to the right (of CSS class id, if you view the page source) point to globally unique URIs for each document and item. Copy the link location and paste anywhere you need to talk unambiguously about these things.

You can obtain data about documents and items in other formats. Simply provide an HTTP header Accept: text/turtle or Accept: application/rdf+xml.