VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-1999-1077

CVSS score4.6 NONE
EPSS probability0.45%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published1999-11-01
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Primary references