Information disclosure in Freed0m Disckcryptor
CVE-2008-3897
DiskCryptor 0.2.6 on Windows stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer before and after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
EPSS: 0.003 (24.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Freed0m Disckcryptor — versions 0.2.6
- Microsoft Windows
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SREASON, third-party-advisory)