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
Published Dec 11, 2005
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.26%
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
No data.
Running on/with
- 4.50pg
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.26% (0.01258) | 68.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.26% (0.01258) | 65.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.77% (0.00771) | 71.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00073) | 33.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00073) | 31.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00073) | 29.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.81% (0.02808) | 83.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.81% (0.02808) | 81.42th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.81% (0.02808) | 63.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/847537 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.pulltheplug.org/users/endrazine/Bios.Information.Leakage.txt x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419610/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15751 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/847537 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.pulltheplug.org/users/endrazine/Bios.Information.Leakage.txt | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419610/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15751 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
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