Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 Mail Account Wizard cleartext storage

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Mail Account Wizard. The manipulation leads to cleartext storage. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-1505. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 (Operating System). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Mail Account Wizard. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext storage vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-312. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 05/01/2005. The weakness was shared 05/10/2005 by Markus Wörle as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-1505 since 05/11/2005. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1555 for this issue.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 9 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at apple.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (20670), OSVDB (16255†), Secunia (SA15301†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1013915†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cleartext storage
CWE: CWE-312 / CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: apple.com

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06/07/2017 +4391 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Markus Wörle
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-1505 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1505
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1469
X-Force: 20670 - Apple Mac OS Mail.app account wizard plaintext password, Medium Risk
Secunia: 15301 - Mac OS X Mail Account Wizard Exposure of User Credentials, Not Critical
OSVDB: 16255 - Apple Mac OS X Mail Account Wizard Login Credential Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1013915 - Apple Mail New Account Wizard May Disclose Passwords Via the Network

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108

Entryinfo

Created: 05/30/2005 11:49
Updated: 06/07/2017 16:01
Changes: 05/30/2005 11:49 (75), 06/07/2017 16:01 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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