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CVE-2008-3897
DiskCryptor 0.2.6 on Windows stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer before…
Low2.1EPSS 0.32%
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- mitre
Description
DiskCryptor 0.2.6 on Windows 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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.32% · top 75% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20080825 [IVIZ-08-006] DiskCryptor Security Model bypass exploiting wrong BIOS API usage (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 4212 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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