FKIE_CVE-2010-3887

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-10-08 22:00 - Updated: 2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
The Limit Mail feature in the Parental Controls functionality in Mail on Apple Mac OS X does not properly enforce the correspondence whitelist, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and conduct e-mail communication by leveraging knowledge of a child's e-mail address and a parent's e-mail address, related to parental notification of unapproved e-mail addresses.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://blog.kamens.us/2010/08/03/mac-os-x-mail-parental-controls-vulnerability/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blog.kamens.us/2010/08/03/mac-os-x-mail-parental-controls-vulnerability/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apple mail *
apple mac_os_x *
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