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Vulnerability record · CVE-2010-3887 · published 8 October 2010

CVE-2010-3887: Apple mail permissions and access controls vulnerability

Apple · Mail

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.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.2% · top 33.0% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
1.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://blog.kamens.us/2010/08/03/mac-os-x-mail-parental-controls-vulnerability/
http://blog.kamens.us/2010/08/03/mac-os-x-mail-parental-controls-vulnerability/

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2010-3887), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.