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.
References
- adobe-digital-cve20148068-info-disc(97696) vdb-entry
- http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/10/06/adobe-spying-users-collecting-data-ebook-libraries/
- http://twitter.com/AdobeSecurity/statuses/519826275008282624
- http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/10/adobes-e-book-reader-sends-your-reading-logs-back-to-adobe-in-plain-text/
- 61551 third-party-advisory