GSD-1999-1077

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:22
Details
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.
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CVE-1999-1077
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