CVE-2008-4491
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.2%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 1.2% (68th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4472)
- Published
- October 8, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4472 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 / mail
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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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