CVE-2002-1017 describes a vulnerability in Adobe eBook Reader versions 2.1 and 2.2, allowing users to bypass copy protection mechanisms. By leveraging the backup feature, an attacker can capture the encryption Challenge and generate activation codes, enabling unauthorized copying of eBooks to other systems. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating local access, low attack complexity, and a potential impact of partial integrity loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:digital_editions:2.1:*:win:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:digital_editions:2.2:*:win:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:digital_editions:9.2.1:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:digital_editions:9.2.2:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.