Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 11, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2005-4176

Description

AWARD Bios Modular 4.50pg does not clear the keyboard buffer after reading the BIOS password during system startup, which allows local administrators or users to read the password directly from physical memory.

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References

www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/847537nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.htmlnvd
www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdfnvd
www.pulltheplug.org/users/endrazine/Bios.Information.Leakage.txtnvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419610/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/15751nvd

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