FKIE_CVE-1999-1393

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 1999-05-21 04:00 - Updated: 2026-04-16 00:27
Severity
Summary
Control Panel "Password Security" option for Apple Powerbooks allows attackers with physical access to the machine to bypass the security by booting it with an emergency startup disk and using a disk editor to modify the on/off toggle or password in the aaaaaaaAPWD file, which is normally inaccessible.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://freaky.staticusers.net/macsec/data/powerbooksecurity-data.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/532Exploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://freaky.staticusers.net/macsec/data/powerbooksecurity-data.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/532Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apple macos 8.5
apple macos 8.6
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