CVE-2005-4176

N/A Unknown
Published: December 11, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

AWARD Bios Modular 4.50pg does not clear the keyboard buffer after reading the BIOS password during system startup, which allows local administrators or users to read the password directly from physical memory.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/847537
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.pulltheplug.org/users/endrazine/Bios.Information.Leakage.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419610/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15751
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/847537
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.pulltheplug.org/users/endrazine/Bios.Information.Leakage.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419610/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15751
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.8%
74th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

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