Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2007-5855 First vendor Publication 2007-12-19
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-07-29

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 6.4 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 4.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Mail in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.1, when an SMTP account has been set up using Account Assistant, can use plaintext authentication even when MD5 Challenge-Response authentication is available, which makes it easier for remote attackers to sniff account activity.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5855

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-287 Improper Authentication

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2010-05-12 Name : Mac OS X Security Update 2007-009
File : nvt/macosx_secupd_2007-009.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
40728 Apple Mac OS X Mail Account Assistant SMTP Account Encryption Fallback Cleart...

Mac OS X contains a flaw that may lead to an unauthorized password exposure. It is possible to gain access to plaintext passwords when Mail defaults to using plaintext passwords for SMTP authentication against servers that support both MD5 challenge response and plaintext, which may lead to a loss of confidentiality.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2007-12-18 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues.
File : macosx_SecUpd2007-009.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
APPLE http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26910
CERT http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
CONFIRM http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
SECTRACK http://securitytracker.com/id?1019107
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39104

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