CVE-2008-3893

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-09-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Microsoft Bitlocker in Windows Vista before SP1 stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer during boot, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/31619
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-0801.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31619
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-0801.html

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