Interesting security bug - login bypass

Discussion in 'OS X Yosemite (10.10)' started by lauris, Jan 9, 2015.

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  1. lauris, Jan 9, 2015

    lauris macrumors newbie

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    I found a little nice security "feature" on my OSX Yosemite today. Lock your screen, verify that it asks for a password by pressing any key, hit "esc" and press any other key, and you are logged in without the need to enter a password. Could be a bug on my workstation, need to test on other computers too. Below is a demo video.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w8g_vwOhN0
     
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  2. simonsi, Jan 9, 2015

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    On mine when you hit esc it returns to the user selection screen (ie the password entry field disappears). Further key press gets rejected as invalid pwd.
     
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