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CVE-2014-8068

Adobe Digital Editions (DE) 4 does not use encryption for transmission of data to adelogs.adobe.com, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network, as demonstrated by book-navigation information.

Published

2014-10-09T10:55:02.833

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-200

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	adobe	digital_editions	4.0	Yes

References

http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/10/adobes-e-book-reader-sends-your-reading-logs-back-to-adobe-in-plain-text/ ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/61551 ([email protected])
http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/10/06/adobe-spying-users-collecting-data-ebook-libraries/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://twitter.com/AdobeSecurity/statuses/519826275008282624 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97696 ([email protected])
http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/10/adobes-e-book-reader-sends-your-reading-logs-back-to-adobe-in-plain-text/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/61551 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/10/06/adobe-spying-users-collecting-data-ebook-libraries/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://twitter.com/AdobeSecurity/statuses/519826275008282624 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97696 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)