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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EUVD EUVD EUVD-1999-1058 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.759Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1077

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1999-11-01T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-1077

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