CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3898
2.1 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-09-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
Secu Star DriveCrypt Plus Pack 3.9 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.
Affected configurations
• secustar drivecrypt plus pack 3.9
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31605 Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4213 securityreason.com
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html www.ivizsecurity.com
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf www.ivizsecurity.com
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-0807.html www.ivizsecurity.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495803/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30818 www.securityfocus.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31605 Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4213 securityreason.com
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html www.ivizsecurity.com
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf www.ivizsecurity.com
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-0807.html www.ivizsecurity.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495803/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30818 www.securityfocus.com