CVE-2013-5181 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2013-5181

The auto-configuration feature in Mail in Apple Mac OS X...

Vulnerability Description

The auto-configuration feature in Mail in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 selects plaintext authentication for unspecified servers that support CRAM-MD5 authentication, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

mac os x
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 10.8.0, 10.8.1, 10.8.2, 10.8.3, 10.8.4, 10.8.5

Timeline

Official Publish: October 24th, 2013
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.