Description
The auto-configuration feature in Mail in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 selects plaintext authentication for unspecified servers that support CRAM-MD5 authentication, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.
Published: 2013-10-24
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-5021 The auto-configuration feature in Mail in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 selects plaintext authentication for unspecified servers that support CRAM-MD5 authentication, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.
History

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:44:41.524Z

Reserved: 2013-08-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-5181

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Status : Modified

Published: 2013-10-24T03:48:52.237

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-5181

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