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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-4472 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:17:10.012Z

Reserved: 2008-10-08T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-4491

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-10-08T18:00:03.503

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-4491

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