cve-2014-8068
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-10-09 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 13:10
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
psirt@adobe.comhttp://arstechnica.com/security/2014/10/adobes-e-book-reader-sends-your-reading-logs-back-to-adobe-in-plain-text/
psirt@adobe.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/61551
psirt@adobe.comhttp://the-digital-reader.com/2014/10/06/adobe-spying-users-collecting-data-ebook-libraries/Vendor Advisory
psirt@adobe.comhttp://twitter.com/AdobeSecurity/statuses/519826275008282624
psirt@adobe.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97696
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/10/adobes-e-book-reader-sends-your-reading-logs-back-to-adobe-in-plain-text/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/61551
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/10/06/adobe-spying-users-collecting-data-ebook-libraries/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://twitter.com/AdobeSecurity/statuses/519826275008282624
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97696
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