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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.

  • Published: May 21, 1999
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-1999-1393
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.6
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

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