CVE-2007-5855
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4EPSS 1.9%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-287
- EPSS score
- 1.9% (80th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5825)
- Published
- December 19, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5825 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019107
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26910
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39104
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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