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Vulnerability CVE-2008-3901
Published: 2008-09-03 Modified: 2012-02-12
| Description: |
Software suspend 2 2-2.2.1, when used with the Linux kernel 2.6.16, 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. |
Type:
CWE-200 (Information Exposure)
CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
| CVSS Base Score |
Impact Subscore |
Exploitability Subscore |
2.1/10 |
2.9/10 |
3.9/10 |
| Exploit range |
Attack complexity |
Authentication |
Local |
Low |
No required |
| Confidentiality impact |
Integrity impact |
Availability impact |
Partial |
None |
None |
References: |
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
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