PT-2010-5141 · Apple · Macos X

Jik + 1 · Published 2010-10-08 · Updated 2010-10-11 · CVE-2010-3887

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Mac OS X (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns the Limit Mail feature in the Parental Controls functionality in Mail on Apple Mac OS X. It does not properly enforce the correspondence whitelist, allowing remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. Attackers can conduct e-mail communication by leveraging knowledge of a child's e-mail address and a parent's e-mail address. This is related to parental notification of unapproved e-mail addresses.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-3887

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3887 · Security Note
• http://blog.kamens.us/2010/08/03/mac-os-x-mail-parental-controls-vulnerability · Note