CVE-2008-4491 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Vendors	Products
Apple	Mac Os X Mail

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

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

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

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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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-10-08T17:02:00

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

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

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

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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