CVE-2005-4176

Published Dec 11, 2005

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 2.1
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:h:award:award_bios_modular:4.50pg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": false,
            "matchCriteriaId": "39E9C36E-50B6-4435-B867-3BE73DC511DD"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References