CVE-2008-3897

medium

Description

DiskCryptor 0.2.6 on Windows stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer before and after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495725/100/0/threaded

http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf

http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4212

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-09-03

Updated: 2026-04-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00064