CVE-2005-4176

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-12-11 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

References

http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/847537
http://www.pulltheplug.org/users/endrazine/Bios.Information.Leakage.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419610/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15751
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/847537
http://www.pulltheplug.org/users/endrazine/Bios.Information.Leakage.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419610/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15751

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