CVE-2008-3895

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-09-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

LILO 22.6.1 and earlier stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer before and after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.

Affected products

lilo: through 22.6.1; 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (+55)

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4211
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495801/100/0/threaded
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4211
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495801/100/0/threaded

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