Unscored CVE-2005-1505 EUVD-2005-1508GHSA-qq36-2jw7-j2xr

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 …

Published May 11, 2005 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

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.

References

mailapp-account-wizard-plaintext-password(20670) vdb-entry
20050504 Mac OS 10.4: new-account-wizzard in Mail 2.0 sends clear-text passwords mailing-list