PT-2014-8392 · Adobe · Digital Editions

Published 2014-10-09 · Updated 2017-09-08 · CVE-2014-8068

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Digital Editions version 4

Description The issue concerns the transmission of data to adelogs.adobe.com without encryption, allowing remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network. This can be demonstrated by accessing book-navigation information.

Recommendations For Adobe Digital Editions version 4, consider disabling the transmission of data to adelogs.adobe.com until a patch is available that enables encryption for this transmission.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-8068

Affected Products

Digital Editions

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8068 · Security Note
• http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/10/06/adobe-spying-users-collecting-data-ebook-libraries · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61551 · Note
• http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/10/adobes-e-book-reader-sends-your-reading-logs-back-to-adobe-in-plain-text · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97696 · Note
• http://twitter.com/AdobeSecurity/statuses/519826275008282624 · Note