CVE-1999-1393

Published: May 21, 1999Modified: Apr 16, 2026

4.6

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Apple: Macos

1 product

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Apple Macos	Version 8.5
Apple Macos	Version 8.6

References (4)

http://freaky.staticusers.net/macsec/data/powerbooksecurity-data.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/532

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitVendor Advisory

http://freaky.staticusers.net/macsec/data/powerbooksecurity-data.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/532

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitVendor Advisory

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