Adobe Digital Editions up to 4.5.6 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Adobe Digital Editions up to 4.5.6. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-11299. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Digital Editions up to 4.5.6 (Ebook Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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 shared 12/09/2017 by Steven Seeley (riusksk) with Tencent (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-11299 since 07/13/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

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 databases at Tenable (104575) and SecurityFocus (BID 101839†). The entries VDB-110418, VDB-110427, VDB-110428 and VDB-110430 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 104575
Nessus Name: Adobe Digital Editions < 4.5.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-39)
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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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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: helpx.adobe.com
Researcher: Steven Seeley (riusksk)
Organization: Tencent
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-11299 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-11299
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-110429
SecurityFocus: 101839 - Adobe Digital Editions APSB17-39 Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1039798

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/10/2017 15:25
Updated: 01/26/2021 14:19
Changes: 12/10/2017 15:25 (71), 12/13/2019 13:17 (9), 01/26/2021 14:19 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:B93:103

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