CVE-2008-3900
Intel firmware PE94510M.86A.0050.2007.0710.1559 - Info Disclosure
Title source: llmDescription
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 (6)
Core 6
Core References
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/604539
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020738
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495804/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4205
Scores
EPSS
0.0009
EPSS Percentile
25.7%
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (1)
intel/bios
pe94510m.86a.0050.2007.0710.1559
Published
Sep 03, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026