CVE-2008-3894

N/A Unknown
Published: September 03, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

IBM Lenovo firmware 7CETB5WW 2.05 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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4207
Source: cve@mitre.org
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.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495808/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4207
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495808/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

Affected Vendors

ibm

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