Information disclosure in Apple Mac OS X

CVE-2015-5884

The Mail Drop feature in Mail in Apple OS X before 10.11 mishandles encryption parameters for attachments, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network during transmission of an S/MIME e-mail message with a large attachment.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.005 (38.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Apple Mac_os_x
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

product-security@apple.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
product-security@apple.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, Vendor Advisory)
product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
product-security@apple.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)