National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3893
Original release date:09/03/2008
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Microsoft Bitlocker in Windows Vista before SP1 stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer during boot, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
3.4
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Solution
Upgrade to Vista Service Pack 1}
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External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-0801.html
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31619
Type: Advisory
