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CVE-1999-1077

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Published: Nov 1, 1999Modified: Apr 16, 2026

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4.6
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 6.4
Source: NVD

Description

Idle locking function in MacOS 9 allows local attackers to bypass the password protection of idled sessions via the programmer's switch or CMD-PWR keyboard sequence, which brings up a debugger that the attacker can use to disable the lock.

Affected (1)

Products: Apple: Macos
1 product
Macos
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Version 9

References (4)

Source: cve@mitre.org
ExploitVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitVendor Advisory

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