CVE-1999-1393
N/A
Published: September 12, 2001 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:50 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendormacOS
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://freaky.staticusers.net/macsec/data/powerbooksecurity-data.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/532Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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