CVE-2005-1505
The new account wizard in Mail.app 2.0 in Mac OS 10.4, when configuring an IMAP mail account and checking the credentials, does not prompt the user to use SSL until after the password has already been sent, which causes the password to be sent in…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.10%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The new account wizard in Mail.app 2.0 in Mac OS 10.4, when configuring an IMAP mail account and checking the credentials, does not prompt the user to use SSL until after the password has already been sent, which causes the password to be sent in plaintext.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.10% probability · 64th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.