CVE-2010-0525
Mail in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 does not properly enforce the key usage extension during processing of a keychain that specifies multiple certificates for an e-mail recipient, which might make it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.98%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Mail in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 does not properly enforce the key usage extension during processing of a keychain that specifies multiple certificates for an e-mail recipient, which might make it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a brute-force attack on a weakly encrypted e-mail message.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.98% probability · 60th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-310
- Affected
- apple/mac os x · apple/mac os x server
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.