CVE-2014-8068

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-200 Information Leak / Disclosure

Publication date:

09/10/2014

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

5.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:digital_editions:4.0:::::::*

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/10/adobes-e-book-reader-sends-your-reading-logs-back-to-adobe-in-plain-text/
http://secunia.com/advisories/61551
http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/10/06/adobe-spying-users-collecting-data-ebook-libraries/
http://twitter.com/AdobeSecurity/statuses/519826275008282624
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97696
http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/10/adobes-e-book-reader-sends-your-reading-logs-back-to-adobe-in-plain-text/
http://secunia.com/advisories/61551
http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/10/06/adobe-spying-users-collecting-data-ebook-libraries/
http://twitter.com/AdobeSecurity/statuses/519826275008282624
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97696