CVE-2014-8068

Impact

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 products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• 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