Auth bypass in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2007-5855
Mail in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.1, when an SMTP account has been set up using Account Assistant, can use plaintext authentication even when MD5 Challenge-Response authentication is available, which makes it easier for remote attackers to sniff account activity.
Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.019 (79.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.4.11, 10.5.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238 (vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/28136 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39104 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26910 (vdb-entry)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory)
- docs.info.apple.com/article.html
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)