National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-4491
Original release date:10/08/2008
Last revised:02/10/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
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External Source: XF
Name: apple-mail-smime-information-disclosure(45688)
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1021019
External Source: BID
Name: 31598
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20081006 [ENABLESECURITY] Apple's Mail.app stores your S/MIME encrypted emails in clear text
External Source: SREASON
Name: 4363
External Source: MISC
Name: http://resources.enablesecurity.com/advisories/apple-mailapp-smime.txt
External Source: MISC
Name: http://enablesecurity.com/2008/10/03/apple-mailapp-security-advisory/