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CVE-2014-8068

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-10-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

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

• Adobe Digital Editions: 4.0

References

• 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

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