CVE-2003-0881

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

03/11/2003

Last modified:

03/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

7.50

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::		10.3 (including)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798
http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00038.html
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798
http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00038.html