PT-2007-6815 · Apple · Mail+1

Published 2007-12-19 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2007-5855

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mail in Apple Mac OS X versions 10.4.11 through 10.5.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to more easily sniff account activity due to the use of plaintext authentication in Mail, even when MD5 Challenge-Response authentication is available. This occurs when an SMTP account has been set up using Account Assistant.

Recommendations For Mac OS X versions 10.4.11 through 10.5.1, consider disabling the use of plaintext authentication in Mail as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to sensitive information to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-5855

Affected Products

Macos X

Mail

References · 9

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5855 · Security Note
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019107 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/26910 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39104 · Note