CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-4491
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-10-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
Apple Mail.app 3.5 on Mac OS X, when "Store draft messages on the server" is enabled, stores draft copies of S/MIME email in plaintext on the email server, which allows server owners and remote man-in-the-middle attackers to read sensitive mail.
Affected configurations
• apple mail 3.5
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://enablesecurity.com/2008/10/03/apple-mailapp-security-advisory/ enablesecurity.com
- http://resources.enablesecurity.com/advisories/apple-mailapp-smime.txt resources.enablesecurity.com
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4363 securityreason.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497057/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31598 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021019 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45688 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://enablesecurity.com/2008/10/03/apple-mailapp-security-advisory/ enablesecurity.com
- http://resources.enablesecurity.com/advisories/apple-mailapp-smime.txt resources.enablesecurity.com
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4363 securityreason.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497057/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31598 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021019 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45688 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com