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OS X update for Mail (CVE-2018-4227)

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OS X update for Mail (CVE-2018-4227)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
06/04/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/04/2018
Modified
03/18/2020

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.4 is affected. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It allows remote attackers to read the cleartext content of S/MIME encrypted messages via direct exfiltration.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_13_5

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