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Problem Note 70305: Using the PDFSECURITY=HIGH system option results in PDF output that is encoded with 128-bit RC4 encoding instead of AES 256 encoding
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Using the PDFSECURITY=HIGH system option with the ODS PDF destination results in PDF output that is encrypted with 128-bit RC4 encryption instead of AES 256 encryption. However, 128-bit encrypted RC4 no longer offers adequate security and is deprecated in PDF 2.0.
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
After applying the hot fix, the use of the PDFSECURITY=HIGH system option results in PDF output that is encrypted with the stronger AES 256 encryption.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 11 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||||