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CVE-2003-0881

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2003-11-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Mail in Mac OS X before 10.3, when configured to use MD5 Challenge Response, uses plaintext authentication if the CRAM-MD5 hashed login fails, which could allow remote attackers to gain privileges by sniffing the password.

Affected products

• macOS: through 10.3

References

• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798
• http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00038.html
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798
• http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00038.html

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