Vulnerability CVE-1999-1393

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-1999-1393

Assigned:

1999-05-21

Published:

1999-05-21

Updated:

2021-09-22

Summary:

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.

CVSS v3 Severity:

5.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Low Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

4.6 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

4.6 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-Other

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-1999-1393

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Vendor Advisory
http://freaky.staticusers.net/macsec/data/powerbooksecurity-data.html

Source: BID
Type: Exploit, Vendor Advisory
532

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/o:apple:macos:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:apple:macos:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

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