*Mac OS X Firmware Password Bypass Vulnerability*
*Secunia Advisory:* SA19462 Print Advisory
<http://secunia.com/advisories/19462/print/>
*Release Date:* 2006-04-04
*Critical:*
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*Impact:* Security Bypass
*Where:* Local system
*Solution Status:* Vendor Patch
*OS:* Apple Macintosh OS X <http://secunia.com/product/96/>
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*CVE reference:* CVE-2006-0401
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0401>
*Description*:
A vulnerability has been reported in Mac OS X, which can be exploited by
malicious people with physical access to a system to bypass certain
security restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error and makes it
possible to bypass the firmware password and start-up an Intel-based
Macintosh computer in "Single User" mode.
*Solution*:
Update to version 10.4.6.
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/
*Provided and/or discovered by*:
The vendor credits David Pugh, University of Michigan.
*Original Advisory*:
Apple:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303567
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upon, comes from third party unless stated otherwise.
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issued by security research groups, vendors, and others./
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