Insecure Password Transmission in Mail.app 2.0

CVE-2005-1505 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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