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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

Published Sep 3, 2008

Description

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information

References (2)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 3, 2008
Updated Apr 3, 2025
Reserved Sep 3, 2008
Link CVE-2008-3893
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Apr 3, 2025
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2008-3893
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2008-3893