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CVE-2005-1505

Published: May 11, 2005 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1505
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
MailApple2.0 (including)2.0 (including)

References

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