CVE-2008-7020

Published Aug 21, 2009

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: McAfee SafeBoot Device Encryption 4 build 4750 and earlier 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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

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: CWE-310

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:safeboot_device_encryption:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "8C4C3873-FFCD-434C-88BF-F092BBBFF9F8"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References