| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-2007-5855 (CCN-39104) | ||||||||
| Assigned: | 2007-12-17 | ||||||||
| Published: | 2007-12-17 | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2017-07-29 | ||||||||
| Summary: | Mail in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.1, when an SMTP account has been set up using Account Assistant, can use plaintext authentication even when MD5 Challenge-Response authentication is available, which makes it easier for remote attackers to sniff account activity. | ||||||||
| CVSS v3 Severity: | 5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 6.4 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) 4.7 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
3.2 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-287 | ||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Other | ||||||||
| References: | Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-2007-5855 Source: CCN Type: Apple Web site About Security Update 2007-009 Source: CONFIRM Type: UNKNOWN http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 Source: APPLE Type: UNKNOWN APPLE-SA-2007-12-17 Source: CCN Type: SA28136 Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities Source: SECUNIA Type: UNKNOWN 28136 Source: CCN Type: SECTRACK ID: 1019106 Mac OS X Multiple Bugs Permit Remote Code Execution, Local Privilege Escalation, Cross-Site Scripting Attacks, and Information Disclosure Source: CCN Type: SECTRACK ID: 1019107 Apple Mail May Use Plaintext Authentication When SMTP Authentication is Selected Source: SECTRACK Type: UNKNOWN 1019107 Source: CCN Type: OSVDB ID: 40728 Apple Mac OS X Mail Account Assistant SMTP Account Encryption Fallback Cleartext Information Disclosure Source: BID Type: UNKNOWN 26910 Source: CCN Type: BID-26910 Apple Mac OS X v10.5.1 2007-009 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities Source: CERT Type: US Government Resource TA07-352A Source: VUPEN Type: UNKNOWN ADV-2007-4238 Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN macos-mail-weak-security(39104) Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN macos-mail-weak-security(39104) | ||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration CCN 1: Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||
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