CVE-2008-7020 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

McAfee 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.

Published: 2009-08-21

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:safeboot_device_encryption:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-6979	McAfee 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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00035.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2008/Sep/0378.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31903
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08010.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45275

History

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Subscriptions

Mcafee Safeboot Device Encryption

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-08-21T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:49:02.664Z

Reserved: 2009-08-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-7020

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-08-21T14:30:00.467

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-7020

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-310

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