CVE-2008-3898

medium

Description

Secu Star DriveCrypt Plus Pack 3.9 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/bid/30818

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495803/100/0/threaded

http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-0807.html

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

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

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4213

http://secunia.com/advisories/31605

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: 0.00065