CVE-1999-1077

Medium CVSS 4.6

Published 1999-11-01 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1077, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

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.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1077

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