CVE-2008-3900

N/A Unknown
Published: September 03, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
View on NVD

Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4205
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020738
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/604539
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495804/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4205
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020738
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/604539
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495804/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
26th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

Affected Vendors

intel

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