Adobe Digital Editions < 4.0.1 (APSB14-25)

high Nessus Plugin ID 78679

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Synopsis

The Adobe Digital Editions instance installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of Adobe Digital Editions installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 4.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the APSB14-25 advisory.

- 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. (CVE-2014-8068)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Digital Editions version 4.0.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 78679

File Name: adobe_digital_editions_apsb14-25.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 10/24/2014

Updated: 10/21/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-8068

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:digital_editions

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Adobe Digital Editions

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8068

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