TI-2005-01427 Aliases CVE-2005-1505 GHSA-qq36-2jw7-j2xr

The new account wizard in Mail.app 2.0 in Mac OS 10.4, when configuring an IMAP mail…

LOW 35Published 2005-05-11 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01103 65th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:apple:mail:2.0:::::::*	2.0	Running on	Apple

cpe:2.3:a:apple:mail:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Running on ·Apple

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-1505
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qq36-2jw7-j2xr

References

Other 1

20050504 Mac OS 10.4: new-account-wizzard in Mail 2.0 sends clear-text passwords

Sources

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