CVE-2008-3900

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: none known
Published: 2008-09-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Intel firmware PE94510M.86A.0050.2007.0710.1559 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.

Affected products

Intel BIOS: pe94510m.86a.0050.2007.0710.1559

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4205
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020738
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/604539
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495804/100/0/threaded
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4205
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020738
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/604539
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495804/100/0/threaded

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