PT-2008-5724 · Apple · Mail.App

Published 2008-10-08 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-4491

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Apple Mail.app version 3.5

Description: The issue allows server owners and remote man-in-the-middle attackers to read sensitive mail because draft copies of S/MIME email are stored in plaintext on the email server when "Store draft messages on the server" is enabled.

Recommendations: For Apple Mail.app version 3.5, consider disabling the "Store draft messages on the server" option to prevent storing draft messages on the server until a fix is available.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4491

Affected Products

Mail.App

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4491 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021019 · Note
• http://enablesecurity.com/2008/10/03/apple-mailapp-security-advisory · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45688 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31598 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/497057/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://resources.enablesecurity.com/advisories/apple-mailapp-smime.txt · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4363 · Note