CVE-2008-7020

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-7020
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-08-21 14:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMcAfee SafeBoot Device Encryption 4 build 4750 and earlier 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.

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-310 | 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 Mcafee Safeboot Device Encryption 4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
iViZ - On Demand Automated Penetration Testing af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ivizsecurity.com
Full Disclosure: [IVIZ-08-010] McAfee SafeBoot Device Encryption Plain Text Password Disclosure (v4, Build 4750 and below) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ivizsecurity.com
McAfee SafeBoot Device Encryption Password Disclosure Security Issue - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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