CVE-2008-4491
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.20%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.20% probability · 68th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- apple/mail
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://enablesecurity.com/2008/10/03/apple-mailapp-security-advisory/
- http://resources.enablesecurity.com/advisories/apple-mailapp-smime.txt
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4363
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497057/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31598
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021019
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45688
- http://enablesecurity.com/2008/10/03/apple-mailapp-security-advisory/
- http://resources.enablesecurity.com/advisories/apple-mailapp-smime.txt
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4363
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497057/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31598
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021019
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45688
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.