CVE-2008-3900

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.

CVSS v2.0 2.1 LOW

2.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/604539	US Government Resource
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020738
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4205
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495804/100/0/threaded

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:h:intel:bios:pe94510m.86a.0050.2007.0710.1559:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2008-09-03 07:12

Updated : 2018-10-11 13:50

NVD link : CVE-2008-3900

Mitre link : CVE-2008-3900

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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Products Affected

intel

bios

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