CVE-2003-0881

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2003-11-03

Last modified

2024-08-08

Affected products

• Mac Os X (Apple)

References

• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798
• http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00038.html