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CVE-2005-1505

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-05-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111539448630095&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20670
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111539448630095&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20670

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