CVE-1999-1393

Medium CVSS 4.6

Published 1999-05-21 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1393, 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

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.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1393

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