CVE Vulnerability

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.

2.1 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

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
Configurations

Configuration 1

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

Published : 2008-09-03 02:12

Updated : 2018-10-11 08:50

NVD link : CVE-2008-3900

Mitre link : CVE-2008-3900

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-200