CVE-2008-4491
N/A
Published: October 8, 2008 at 05:02 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorMailmacOS
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (7)
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://enablesecurity.com/2008/10/03/apple-mailapp-security-advisory/x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://resources.enablesecurity.com/advisories/apple-mailapp-smime.txtThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4363Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497057/100/0/threadedVDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45688Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200
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