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CVE-2008-3894
Published: Sep 3, 2008
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
4207
third-party-advisory
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http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
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20080825 [IVIZ-08-005] IBM Lenovo BIOS Plain Text Password Disclosure
mailing-list
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