Medium 5.0Published Oct 8, 2008

CVE-2008-4491Apple Mail.app 3.5 on Mac OS X, when "Store draft messages on the server" is enabled, stores draft copies of S/MIME email in plaintext on the email server, which allows server owners and remote man-i…

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Apple Mail.app 3.5 on Mac OS X, when "Store draft messages on the server" is enabled, stores draft copies of S/MIME email in plaintext on the email server, which allows server owners and remote man-in-the-middle attackers to read sensitive mail.

CVSS: 5.0 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-200
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

apple mail apple:mail	3.5	NVD

References

References

http://enablesecurity.com/2008/10/03/apple-mailapp-security-advisory/
http://resources.enablesecurity.com/advisories/apple-mailapp-smime.txt
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4363
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497057/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31598
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021019
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45688

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