CVE-2008-3898
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 3, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 3, 2008
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 31605third-party-advisory
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-0807.html
- 30818vdb-entry
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
- 20080825 [IVIZ-08-007] DriveCrypt Security Model bypass exploiting wrong BIOS API usagemailing-list
- 4213third-party-advisory
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