Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-4491

Title: Apple Mail Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-4491.

CWE Category CWE-200

Published Date Oct 08, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.20%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-4491: 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.

Impacted Vendors

Reference Links

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 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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-4491 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 08, 2008 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:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.