CVE-2008-3900

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-3900
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-09-03T14:12:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-11T20:50:20
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:h:intel:bios:pe94510m.86a.0050.2007.0710.1559:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
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
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3900
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3900
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:27:57 Added to TrackCVE