CVE-2008-3900 (GCVE-0-2008-3900)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-03 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:53
VLAI?
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
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Assigner
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495804/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/604539 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020738 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html x_refsource_MISC
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preb… x_refsource_MISC
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4205 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
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