Vulnerability Report

CVE-2010-3887

Title: Apple Mail

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2010-3887.

CWE Category CWE-264
Published Date Oct 08, 2010
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.20%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2010-3887: The Limit Mail feature in the Parental Controls functionality in Mail on Apple Mac OS X does not properly enforce the correspondence whitelist, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and conduct e-mail communication by leveraging knowledge of a child's e-mail address and a parent's e-mail address, related to parental notification of unapproved e-mail addresses.

Impacted Vendors

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

Reference Links

http://blog.kamens.us/2010/08/03/mac-os-x-mail-parental-controls-vulnerability/ http://blog.kamens.us/2010/08/03/mac-os-x-mail-parental-controls-vulnerability/
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2010-3887 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

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:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.