CVE-2008-3899

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3899
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-09-03 14:12:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionTrueCrypt 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Truecrypt Foundation Truecrypt 5.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityReason - TrueCrypt Security Model bypass exploiting wrong BIOS API usage af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
iViZ - On Demand Automated Penetration Testing af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ivizsecurity.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ivizsecurity.com
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