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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-09-03T14:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:48:03.929Z

Reserved: 2008-09-03T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2008-3893

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2008-09-03T14:12:00.000

Modified: 2008-09-05T04:00:00.000

Link: CVE-2008-3893

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