CVE-1999-1393 describes a physical bypass vulnerability affecting Apple Powerbooks. An attacker with physical access could use an emergency startup disk and disk editor to modify the 'aaaaaaaAPWD' file, disabling the "Password Security" option or changing the password. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium), indicating low attack complexity and local access requirements, with potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this legacy vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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