Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 30, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-0525
CVE-2010-0525
Description
Mail in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 does not properly enforce the key usage extension during processing of a keychain that specifies multiple certificates for an e-mail recipient, which might make it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a brute-force attack on a weakly encrypted e-mail message.
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Affected products
25cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 11 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=10.6.2
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 11 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=10.6.2
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: <10.6.3
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References
2- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/kb/HT4077nvdVendor Advisory
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