Adobe Digital Editions 4.0 Encryption adelogs.adobe.com information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Digital Editions 4.0 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the file adelogs.adobe.com of the component Encryption. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2014-8068. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe Digital Editions 4.0 (Ebook Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the file adelogs.adobe.com of the component Encryption. 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. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was presented 10/09/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-8068 since 10/08/2014. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 78680 (Adobe Digital Editions < 4.0.1 Information Disclosure (APSB14-25) (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 122836 (Adobe Digital Editions Information Disclosure Vulnerability (APSB14-25)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (97696), Tenable (78680), Secunia (SA61551†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-46796†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Ebook Software

Vendor

Adobe

Name

Digital Editions

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License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 78680
Nessus Name: Adobe Digital Editions < 4.0.1 Information Disclosure (APSB14-25) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 801267
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Digital Edition Information Disclosure Vulnerability (Windows)
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10/08/2014 🔍
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10/22/2014 +13 days 🔍
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03/26/2015 +150 days 🔍
12/10/2024 +3547 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-8068 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-8068
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-71893
X-Force: 97696
Secunia: 61551 - Adobe Digital Editions User Data Information Disclosure Security Issue, Not Critical
Vulnerability Center: 46796 - [APSB14-25] Adobe Digital Editions (DE) 4 Remote Information Disclosure due to Weak Encryption, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2015 16:14
Updated: 12/10/2024 16:24
Changes: 03/26/2015 16:14 (66), 06/10/2017 09:35 (4), 03/30/2022 08:18 (3), 12/10/2024 16:24 (16)
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