Insecure Authentication in Mac OS X Mail: Privilege Escalation via Password Sniffing

CVE-2003-0881 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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