Description
Mail in Mac OS X before 10.3, when configured to use MD5 Challenge Response, uses plaintext authentication if the CRAM-MD5 hashed login fails, which could allow remote attackers to gain privileges by sniffing the password.
Published: 2003-10-30
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2003-0871 Mail in Mac OS X before 10.3, when configured to use MD5 Challenge Response, uses plaintext authentication if the CRAM-MD5 hashed login fails, which could allow remote attackers to gain privileges by sniffing the password.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:05:12.647Z

Reserved: 2003-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0881

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Status : Modified

Published: 2003-11-03T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2003-0881

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