Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 1, 1999· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-1999-1077
CVE-1999-1077
Description
Idle locking function in MacOS 9 allows local attackers to bypass the password protection of idled sessions via the programmer's switch or CMD-PWR keyboard sequence, which brings up a debugger that the attacker can use to disable the lock.
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Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- www.securityfocus.com/bid/756nvdExploitVendor Advisory
- marc.infonvd
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