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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Mail Account Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issues vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-310. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:
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.
The weakness was shared 10/22/2013 with Apple as APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3 as confirmed mailinglist post (Apple Security Mailinglist). The advisory is shared for download at lists.apple.com. The mailinglist post contains:
When auto-configuring a mail account on certain mailservers, the Mail app would choose plaintext authentication over CRAM-MD5 authentication. This issue was addressed through improved logic handling.This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-5181 since 08/15/2013. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70561 (Mac OS X 10.x < 10.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (BEAST)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks.
Upgrading to version 10.9 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (88233) and Tenable (70561). The entries 10327, 10946, 10932 and 10931 are related to this item.
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Class: Cryptographic issuesCWE: CWE-310
ATT&CK: T1600
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Nessus ID: 70561
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.x < 10.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (BEAST)
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Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2013-5181 (🔍)
X-Force: 88233
Vulnerability Center: 45113 - Apple Mac OS X Before 10.9 Remote Information Disclosure due to an Error in the Auto-configure Feature, Medium
SecurityFocus: 63350 - Apple Mac OS X CVE-2013-5181 Insecure Authentication Weakness
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 10/23/2013 17:41Updated: 06/01/2021 07:39
Changes: 10/23/2013 17:41 (68), 05/31/2017 09:06 (3), 06/01/2021 07:39 (3)
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