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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2017-11273

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.6 and earlier versions. Adobe Digital Editions parses crafted XML files in an unsafe manner, which could lead to sensitive information disclosure.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published