CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-8068
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-10-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
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.
Affected configurations
• adobe digital editions 4.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/10/adobes-e-book-reader-sends-your-reading-logs-back-to-adobe-in-plain-text/ arstechnica.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61551 secunia.com
- http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/10/06/adobe-spying-users-collecting-data-ebook-libraries/ Vendor Advisory
- http://twitter.com/AdobeSecurity/statuses/519826275008282624 twitter.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97696 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/10/adobes-e-book-reader-sends-your-reading-logs-back-to-adobe-in-plain-text/ arstechnica.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61551 secunia.com
- http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/10/06/adobe-spying-users-collecting-data-ebook-libraries/ Vendor Advisory
- http://twitter.com/AdobeSecurity/statuses/519826275008282624 twitter.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97696 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com