cve-2008-3900
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-09-03 14:00
Modified
2024-08-07 09:53
Severity ?
Summary
Intel firmware PE94510M.86A.0050.2007.0710.1559 stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/4205
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1020738
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/604539US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495804/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4205
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1020738
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/604539US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495804/100/0/threaded
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