CVE-1999-1077

MediumCVSS 4.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.6/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94149318124548&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/756Exploit, Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94149318124548&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/756Exploit, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Nov 1, 1999
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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