Description
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It allows remote attackers to read cleartext e-mail content (for which S/MIME encryption was intended) by leveraging the lack of installation of an S/MIME certificate by the recipient.
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Remediation
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Advisories
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EUVD |
EUVD-2017-5386 | An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It allows remote attackers to read cleartext e-mail content (for which S/MIME encryption was intended) by leveraging the lack of installation of an S/MIME certificate by the recipient. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: apple
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T19:13:41.283Z
Reserved: 2017-08-30T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-13871
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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-12-25T21:29:14.950
Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
Link: CVE-2017-13871
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD