Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-11272 - XXE vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.4 and earlier has a security bypass vulnerability.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_ADOBE_DIGITAL_EDITIONS_APSB17-27.NASL description The version of Adobe Digital Editions installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 4.5.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - An XML external entity (XXE) parsing flaw exists that can lead to information disclosure. (CVE-2017-11272) - An unspecified buffer overflow vulnerability may result in the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-11274) - Multiple unspecified memory corruption flaws exist that can cause a memory address disclosure. (CVE-2017-3091, CVE-2017-11275, CVE-2017-11276, CVE-2017-11277, CVE-2017-11278, CVE-2017-11279, CVE-2017-11280) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 102325 published 2017-08-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/102325 title Adobe Digital Editions < 4.5.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-27) (macOS) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(102325); script_version("1.5"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/14 1:59:37"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2017-3091", "CVE-2017-11272", "CVE-2017-11274", "CVE-2017-11275", "CVE-2017-11276", "CVE-2017-11277", "CVE-2017-11278", "CVE-2017-11279", "CVE-2017-11280" ); script_name(english:"Adobe Digital Editions < 4.5.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-27) (macOS)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the version of Adobe Digital Editions on Mac OS X."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "An application installed on the the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The version of Adobe Digital Editions installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 4.5.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - An XML external entity (XXE) parsing flaw exists that can lead to information disclosure. (CVE-2017-11272) - An unspecified buffer overflow vulnerability may result in the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-11274) - Multiple unspecified memory corruption flaws exist that can cause a memory address disclosure. (CVE-2017-3091, CVE-2017-11275, CVE-2017-11276, CVE-2017-11277, CVE-2017-11278, CVE-2017-11279, CVE-2017-11280)"); # https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/Digital-Editions/apsb17-27.html script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?79c395bc"); # http://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions/release-notes.html script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?c3aa2f29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade to Adobe Digital Editions version 4.5.6 or later."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/08/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/08/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/08/09"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:adobe:digital_editions"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_dependencies("macosx_adobe_digital_editions_installed.nbin"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/MacOSX/Version", "installed_sw/Adobe Digital Editions"); exit(0); } include("vcf.inc"); get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/MacOSX/Version"); get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/local_checks_enabled"); app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:"Adobe Digital Editions"); constraints = [ { "fixed_version" : "4.5.6" } ]; vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);
NASL family Windows NASL id ADOBE_DIGITAL_EDITIONS_APSB17-27.NASL description The version of Adobe Digital Editions installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 4.5.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - An XML external entity (XXE) parsing flaw exists that can lead to information disclosure. (CVE-2017-11272) - An unspecified buffer overflow vulnerability may result in the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-11274) - Multiple unspecified memory corruption flaws exist that can cause a memory address disclosure. (CVE-2017-3091, CVE-2017-11275, CVE-2017-11276, CVE-2017-11277, CVE-2017-11278, CVE-2017-11279, CVE-2017-11280) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 102324 published 2017-08-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/102324 title Adobe Digital Editions < 4.5.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-27) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(102324); script_version("1.6"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/06/29 12:01:03"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2017-3091", "CVE-2017-11272", "CVE-2017-11274", "CVE-2017-11275", "CVE-2017-11276", "CVE-2017-11277", "CVE-2017-11278", "CVE-2017-11279", "CVE-2017-11280" ); script_name(english:"Adobe Digital Editions < 4.5.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-27)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the version of Adobe Digital Editions."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "An application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The version of Adobe Digital Editions installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 4.5.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - An XML external entity (XXE) parsing flaw exists that can lead to information disclosure. (CVE-2017-11272) - An unspecified buffer overflow vulnerability may result in the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-11274) - Multiple unspecified memory corruption flaws exist that can cause a memory address disclosure. (CVE-2017-3091, CVE-2017-11275, CVE-2017-11276, CVE-2017-11277, CVE-2017-11278, CVE-2017-11279, CVE-2017-11280)"); # https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/Digital-Editions/apsb17-27.html script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?79c395bc"); # http://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions/release-notes.html script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?c3aa2f29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade to Adobe Digital Editions version 4.5.6 or later."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/08/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/08/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/08/09"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:adobe:digital_editions"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:'Windows'); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_dependencies('adobe_digital_editions_installed.nbin'); script_require_keys("installed_sw/Adobe Digital Editions", "SMB/Registry/Enumerated"); exit(0); } include("vcf.inc"); get_kb_item_or_exit("SMB/Registry/Enumerated"); app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:"Adobe Digital Editions", win_local:TRUE); constraints = [ { "fixed_version" : "4.5.6" } ]; vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);