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CVE-1999-1393 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://freaky.staticusers.net/macsec/data/powerbooksecurity-data.html CVEExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/532 CVEExploitVendor Advisory
http://freaky.staticusers.net/macsec/data/powerbooksecurity-data.html [email protected]ExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/532 [email protected]ExploitVendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
apple macos
8.5
8.6

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-1999-1393
NVD Published Date:
May 21, 1999
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-1999-1393 Details - Not Deferred