Information disclosure in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2008-4491
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.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.012 (66.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X
- Apple Mail — versions 3.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45688 (vdb-entry)
- resources.enablesecurity.com/advisories/apple-mailapp-smime.txt
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31598 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497057/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- enablesecurity.com/2008/10/03/apple-mailapp-security-advisory/
- securityreason.com/securityalert/4363 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)