CVE - CVE-2008-4491

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-4491	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:31598 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31598 BUGTRAQ:20081006 [ENABLESECURITY] Apple's Mail.app stores your S/MIME encrypted emails in clear text URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497057/100/0/threaded MISC:http://enablesecurity.com/2008/10/03/apple-mailapp-security-advisory/ MISC:http://resources.enablesecurity.com/advisories/apple-mailapp-smime.txt SECTRACK:1021019 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021019 SREASON:4363 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4363 XF:apple-mail-smime-information-disclosure(45688) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45688
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20081008	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20081008)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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