Description
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It allows remote attackers to read cleartext e-mail content (for which S/MIME encryption was intended) by leveraging the lack of installation of an S/MIME certificate by the recipient.
Published: 2017-12-25
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-5386 An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It allows remote attackers to read cleartext e-mail content (for which S/MIME encryption was intended) by leveraging the lack of installation of an S/MIME certificate by the recipient.
History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00567}

epss

{'score': 0.00538}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:13:41.283Z

Reserved: 2017-08-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-13871

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-12-25T21:29:14.950

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-13871

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