CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3899
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
TrueCrypt 5.0 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. NOTE: the researcher mentions a response from the vendor denying the vulnerability.
Affected configurations
• truecrypt foundation truecrypt 5.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4203 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.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495805/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4203 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.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495805/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com