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CVE-2008-3896

Grub Legacy 0.97 and earlier stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer before and after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.

Published

2008-09-03T14:12:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-200
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application gnu grub_legacy ≤ 0.97 Yes
Application gnu grub_legacy 0.92 Yes
Application gnu grub_legacy 0.93 Yes
Application gnu grub_legacy 0.94 Yes
Application gnu grub_legacy 0.94-i386-pc Yes
Application gnu grub_legacy 0.95 Yes
Application gnu grub_legacy 0.95-i386-pc Yes
Application gnu grub_legacy 0.96 Yes
Application gnu grub_legacy 0.96-i386-pc Yes
Application gnu grub_legacy 0.97-i386-pc Yes
References