## Description

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.

## Severity

Overall Severity: N/A

### CVSS Metrics

Type | Score | Severity | Vector
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## Affected Products

### apple - macos

Affected Versions:

- 8.5

### apple - macos

Affected Versions:

- 8.6

## References

- http://freaky.staticusers.net/macsec/data/powerbooksecurity-data.html
  Exploit Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/532
  Exploit Vendor Advisory
- http://freaky.staticusers.net/macsec/data/powerbooksecurity-data.html
  Exploit Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/532
  Exploit Vendor Advisory

Neural Processor Active