CVE-1999-1393
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.48% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- apple/macos
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://freaky.staticusers.net/macsec/data/powerbooksecurity-data.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/532Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://freaky.staticusers.net/macsec/data/powerbooksecurity-data.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/532Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.