Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 11, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2005-4176
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.
Affected products
1- Range: =4.50pg
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
6- 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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