McAfee SafeBoot Device Encryption 4 build 4750 and earlier stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-6979 McAfee SafeBoot Device Encryption 4 build 4750 and earlier stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer after use, 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:

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:49:02.664Z

Reserved: 2009-08-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-7020

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-08-21T14:30:00.467

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-7020

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