CVE-1999-1077

macOS 9 - Unauthenticated Session Lock Bypass via Debugger Access

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/756
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94149318124548&w=2

Scores

EPSS 0.0045
EPSS Percentile 37.0%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
apple/macos 9
Published Nov 01, 1999
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026