CVE-2008-7020
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 21, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 21, 2009
Description
McAfee SafeBoot Device Encryption 4 build 4750 and earlier 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.
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
- safeboot-bioskeyboard-info-disclosure(45275)vdb-entry
- 31903third-party-advisory
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08010.html
- 20080918 [IVIZ-08-010] McAfee SafeBoot Device Encryption Plain Text Password Disclosure (v4, Build 4750 and below)mailing-list
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