CVE-2008-3902

HP firmware 68DTT F.0D 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, aka SSRT080104.

Score

CVSS 2.0 2.1 Low

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2008-09-03

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected products

• 68dtt (Hp)

References

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4214
• http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
• http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495800/100/0/threaded