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.

• 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

Published

May 21, 1999

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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