Description
The default configuration of Mail.app in Mac OS X 10.0 through 10.0.4 and 10.1 through 10.1.5 sends iDisk authentication credentials in cleartext when connecting to Mac.com, which could allow remote attackers to obtain passwords by sniffing network traffic.
References
- 20020724 Re: Apple OSX and iDisk and Mail.app mailing-list
- macos-idisk-insecure-password(9670) vdb-entry
- 20020724 Apple OSX and iDisk and Mail.app mailing-list
- 5303 vdb-entry