VDB
CVE-2008-4491
CVE-2008-4491
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5 MEDIUM
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.
EPSS 1.20% · 65.2th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
5
EPSS Score
1.20%
65.2th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | * |
| apple | 3.5 |
Timeline
- Oct 8, 2008 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 3, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 26, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- http://resources.enablesecurity.com/advisories/apple-mailapp-smime.txt url
- http://enablesecurity.com/2008/10/03/apple-mailapp-security-advisory/ url
- apple-mail-smime-information-disclosure(45688) vdb
- 31598 vdb
- 20081006 [ENABLESECURITY] Apple's Mail.app stores your S/MIME encrypted emails in clear text mailing-list
- 4363 third-party-advisory
- 1021019 vdb
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4491 advisory
- http://enablesecurity.com/2008/10/03/apple-mailapp-security-advisory url