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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
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Sep 12, 2001
    EPSS Score:0.00095
    CVSS Score:4.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apple
    Product
    Macos

    Exploits

    http://freaky.staticusers.net/macsec/data/powerbooksecurity-data.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/532http://freaky.staticusers.net/macsec/data/powerbooksecurity-data.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/532

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    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