CVE-2008-4491

2008-10-0817:02:00

mitre

www.cve.org

5.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

61.8%

JSON

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.

References

enablesecurity.com/2008/10/03/apple-mailapp-security-advisory/

resources.enablesecurity.com/advisories/apple-mailapp-smime.txt

securityreason.com/securityalert/4363

www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497057/100/0/threaded

www.securityfocus.com/bid/31598

www.securitytracker.com/id?1021019

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45688