Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 24, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2013-5181
CVE-2013-5181
Description
The auto-configuration feature in Mail in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 selects plaintext authentication for unspecified servers that support CRAM-MD5 authentication, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.
Affected products
8cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:supplemental_update:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=10.8.5
- (no CPE)range: <10.9
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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