CVE-1999-1077 - 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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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

Published Sep 12, 2001

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.45%

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94149318124548&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/756
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94149318124548&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/756		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 12, 2001

Updated Aug 1, 2024

Reserved Aug 31, 2001

Link CVE-1999-1077

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-1999-1077

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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