CVE-1999-1076 (GCVE-0-1999-1076)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2001-09-12 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 17:02
VLAI
Summary
Idle locking function in MacOS 9 allows local users to bypass the password protection of idled sessions by selecting the "Log Out" option and selecting a "Cancel" option in the dialog box for an application that attempts to verify that the user wants to log out, which returns the attacker into the locked session.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94096348604173&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/745 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
1999-10-26 00:00
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