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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 21, 1999· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-1999-1393

CVE-1999-1393

Description

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.

Affected products

2
  • Apple Inc./macOS2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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