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CVE-2010-0525

Mail in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 does not properly enforce the key usage extension during processing of a keychain that specifies multiple certificates for an e-mail recipient, which might make it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a brute-force attack on a weakly encrypted e-mail message.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2010-0525 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from apple, from apple organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2010-03-30T18:30:01.313

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-310

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	≤ 10.6.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.4	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.5	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.6	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.7	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.8	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.6.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.6.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	≤ 10.6.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.4	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.5	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.6	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.7	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.8	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.6.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.6.1	Yes

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For apple's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.