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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| apple / macos | 8.5 | 8.5.x |
| apple / macos | 8.6 | 8.6.x |