CVE-2008-3902

medium

Description

HP firmware 68DTT F.0D 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, aka SSRT080104.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495800/100/0/threaded

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

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

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4214

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: 0.00112