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ghsa-3w7r-6cvf-4pv4

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Published

2022-05-02 00:10

Modified

2025-04-09 03:59

Details

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.

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  "modified": "2025-04-09T03:59:10Z",
  "published": "2022-05-02T00:10:35Z",
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CVE-2008-4491 (GCVE-0-2008-4491)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2008-10-08 17:02

Modified

2024-08-07 10:17

Severity ?

CWE

n/a

Summary

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.

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URL

Tags

	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45688	vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
	http://resources.enablesecurity.com/advisories/apple-mailapp-smime.txt	x_refsource_MISC
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31598	vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497057/100/0/threaded	mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
	http://enablesecurity.com/2008/10/03/apple-mailapp-security-advisory/	x_refsource_MISC
	http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4363	third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SREASON
	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021019	vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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