CVE-2008-7020

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 2.1 Low

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2009-08-21

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-310

Affected products

• Safeboot Device Encryption (Mcafee)

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2008/Sep/0378.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31903
• http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
• http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08010.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45275