CVE-2008-3898

2008-09-0314:00:00

mitre

www.cve.org

5.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

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.

References

secunia.com/advisories/31605

securityreason.com/securityalert/4213

www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html

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

www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-0807.html

www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495803/100/0/threaded

www.securityfocus.com/bid/30818