CVE-2008-3900

medium

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.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2008-3886

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495804/100/0/threaded

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/604539

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

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

http://securitytracker.com/id?1020738

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4205

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-09-03

Updated: 2026-06-16

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:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00364