CVE-2003-0881 in Mac OS X

Summary

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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• Reservation: 10/24/2003
• Disclosure: 11/03/2003
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-20936
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-311 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 7.3
• EPSS: 0.00785
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-0881
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0881
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2003-0881/