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 | 
|---|---|
| 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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Information
                Published : 1999-05-20 21:00
Updated : 2021-09-22 07:22
NVD link : CVE-1999-1393
Mitre link : CVE-1999-1393
JSON object : View
CWE
                Products Affected
                apple
- macos
 


