CVE-2005-1505

High

Description

The new account wizard in Mail.app 2.0 in Mac OS 10.4, when configuring an IMAP mail account and checking the credentials, does not prompt the user to use SSL until after the password has already been sent, which causes the password to be sent in plaintext.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability66. percentile1.1%
ProductMail.app
PublishedMay 11, 2005
First seenMay 11, 2005

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Apple Mail.app2.0—

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