Vulnerability Report

CVE-2005-1505

Title: Mail.app IMAP password sent in plaintext

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2005-1505.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date May 11, 2005
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.10%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2005-1505: 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.

Impacted Vendors

B
basercms 1
A
apple 1
C
chilkat_software 1
P
pear 1

Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111539448630095&w=2 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20670 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111539448630095&w=2 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20670
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2005-1505 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.