What is CVE-2008-3893?

CVE-2008-3893 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Vista, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2008-09-03.

How severe is CVE-2008-3893?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Microsoft Windows Vista

CVE-2008-3893

Microsoft Bitlocker in Windows Vista before SP1 stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer during boot, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.015 (71.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows_vista
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-3893?: CVE-2008-3893 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Vista, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2008-09-03.
How severe is CVE-2008-3893?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.