MEDIUM
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
Published Oct 8, 2008
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.20%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.20% 0.01198
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01198
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.20% (0.01198) | 67.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.20% (0.01198) | 64.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.53% (0.00531) | 65.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.46% (0.00462) | 76.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 0.24% (0.00235) | 61.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.24% (0.00236) | 59.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (7)
- http://enablesecurity.com/2008/10/03/apple-mailapp-security-advisory/ x_refsource_MISC
- http://resources.enablesecurity.com/advisories/apple-mailapp-smime.txt x_refsource_MISC
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4363 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497057/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31598 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021019 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45688 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://enablesecurity.com/2008/10/03/apple-mailapp-security-advisory/ | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://resources.enablesecurity.com/advisories/apple-mailapp-smime.txt | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4363 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497057/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31598 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021019 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45688 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 8, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 8, 2008
Link CVE-2008-4491
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a