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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-1999-1374 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:02.935Z

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

Link: CVE-1999-1393

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1999-05-21T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-1999-1393

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