Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 3, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-3900

Description

Intel firmware PE94510M.86A.0050.2007.0710.1559 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.

Affected products

Intel/BIOS
cpe:2.3:h:intel:bios:pe94510m.86a.0050.2007.0710.1559:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Intel/firmware PE94510M.86A.0050.2007.0710.1559llm-create

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/604539nvdUS Government Resource
securityreason.com/securityalert/4205nvd
securitytracker.com/idnvd
www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.htmlnvd
www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdfnvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495804/100/0/threadednvd

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