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CVE-2005-3402

LOW CVSS: 2.6 Published: 2005-11-01 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The SMTP client in Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.5 BETA, 1.0.7, and possibly other versions, does not notify users when it cannot establish a secure channel with the server, which allows remote attackers to obtain authentication information without detection via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack that bypasses TLS authentication or downgrades CRAM-MD5 authentication to plain authentication.

Affected Platforms

Mozilla Thunderbird

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References