Information disclosure in Intel Bios

CVE-2008-3900

Intel firmware PE94510M.86A.0050.2007.0710.1559 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.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.004 (29.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Intel Bios — versions pe94510m.86a.0050.2007.0710.1559
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References