CVE-1999-1393
Apple Maco — NVD-CWE-Other
- Published: 1999-05-21T04:00:00.000
- Last modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
- Vendors: Apple
- Products: Maco
- CWE: NVD-CWE-Other
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 aaaaaaaAPWD file, which is normally inaccessible. [Weakness: NVD-CWE-Other]
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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.
🧠 Explainer: What this vulnerability means
Summary: A flaw in Maco from Apple (CWE: unspecified) can be exploited.
Impact: It may allow privilege escalation, data exposure, or service interruption.
Mitigation: Prioritize patching and consider temporary workarounds documented by the vendor.
- http://freaky.staticusers.net/macsec/data/powerbooksecurity-data.html [Exploit, Vendor Advisory]
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/532 [Exploit, Vendor Advisory]
- http://freaky.staticusers.net/macsec/data/powerbooksecurity-data.html [Exploit, Vendor Advisory]
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/532 [Exploit, Vendor Advisory]