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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Digital Editions up to 4.5.6 (Ebook Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.6 and earlier versions. An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists, which could lead to disclosure of memory addresses.

The bug was discovered 11/14/2017. The weakness was presented 12/09/2017 by Steven Seeley (riusksk) with Tencent (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-11298 since 07/13/2017. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 104575 (Adobe Digital Editions < 4.5.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-39)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370654 (Adobe Digital Editions Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-39)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (104575). See 110418, 110427, 110429 and 110430 for similar entries.

Productinfo

Type

• Ebook Software

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Digital Editions

Version

• 4.5.0
• 4.5.1
• 4.5.2
• 4.5.3
• 4.5.4
• 4.5.5
• 4.5.6

License

• commercial

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 8.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.9
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NVD Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 104575
Nessus Name: Adobe Digital Editions < 4.5.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-39)
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Nessus Risk: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 902604
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Digital Editions Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities - APSB17-39 (Mac OS X)
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

07/13/2017 🔍
11/14/2017 +124 days 🔍
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12/10/2017 +1 days 🔍
01/26/2021 +1143 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: helpx.adobe.com
Researcher: Steven Seeley (riusksk)
Organization: Tencent
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2017-11298 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1039798
SecurityFocus: 101839 - Adobe Digital Editions APSB17-39 Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/10/2017 15:25
Updated: 01/26/2021 14:12
Changes: 12/10/2017 15:25 (71), 12/13/2019 13:11 (9), 01/26/2021 14:12 (3)
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