CVE-1999-1077
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.
Published:Nov 1, 1999
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:Sep 12, 2001
EPSS Score:0.00061
CVSS Score:4.6
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Apple
Product
Macos
Apple
Macos
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
