CVE-2008-4491 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2008-10-08

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:apple:mail:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-4472	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00531.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://enablesecurity.com/2008/10/03/apple-mailapp-security-advisory/
http://resources.enablesecurity.com/advisories/apple-mailapp-smime.txt
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4363
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497057/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31598
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021019
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45688

History

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Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X Mail

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-10-08T17:02:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:17:10.012Z

Reserved: 2008-10-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-4491

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-10-08T18:00:03.503

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-4491

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-200

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