CVE-2008-3900 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4205 http://securitytracker.com/id?1020738 http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/604539 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495804/100/0/threaded