PT-1999-1700 · Apple · Powerbook

Published 1999-05-21 · Updated 2021-09-22 · CVE-1999-1393

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Apple Powerbooks (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue allows attackers with physical access to bypass security measures by utilizing an emergency startup disk and a disk editor to modify the password or on/off toggle in the aaaaaaaAPWD file.

Recommendations: For Apple Powerbooks, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting physical access to the machine until a more permanent solution is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1393

Affected Products

Powerbook

References · 3

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/532 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://freaky.staticusers.net/macsec/data/powerbooksecurity-data.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1393 · Security Note