CVE-2008-3895

CVE-2008-3895 affects the LILO boot loader (22.6.1 and earlier). The vulnerability arises because pre-boot authentication passwords are stored in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and this buffer is not cleared before/after use, allowing local users to read the physical memory locations and recover sensit...

CVE-2008-3896

CVE-2008-3896 affects Grub Legacy 0.97 and earlier, where pre-boot authentication passwords are stored in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and not cleared before/after use, enabling local users to read sensitive information from memory. Impact is partial confidentiality ; no exploitation details are prov...

CVE-2008-3893

CVE-2008-3893 affects Microsoft BitLocker in Windows Vista prior to SP1. The issue arises because pre-boot authentication passwords are stored in the BIOS keyboard buffer and the buffer is not cleared during boot, allowing local users to read memory locations and potentially recover sensitive inf...

PT-2008-5228 · Microsoft · Windows Vista

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Windows Vista versions prior to SP1 Description: The issue allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading physical memory locations associated with the BIOS Keyboard buffer, which stores pre-boot authentication passwords. This...

[IVIZ-08-002] Hewlett-Packard BIOS Plain Text Password Disclosure

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[IVIZ-08-005] IBM Lenovo BIOS Plain Text Password Disclosure

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