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
Link | Resource |
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http://freaky.staticusers.net/macsec/data/powerbooksecurity-data.html | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/532 | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
No history.
Information
Published : 1999-05-21 04:00
Updated : 2021-09-22 14:22
NVD link : CVE-1999-1393
Mitre link : CVE-1999-1393
CVE.ORG link : CVE-1999-1393
JSON object : View
Products Affected
apple
- macos
CWE