Information disclosure in Adobe Digital Editions
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.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.018 (77.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 77.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Adobe Digital Editions — versions 4.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97696 (vdb-entry)
- the-digital-reader.com/2014/10/06/adobe-spying-users-collecting-data-ebook-libr… (Vendor Advisory)
- twitter.com/AdobeSecurity/statuses/519826275008282624
- arstechnica.com/security/2014/10/adobes-e-book-reader-sends-your-reading-logs-b…
- secunia.com/advisories/61551 (third-party-advisory)