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: 2009-08-21T14:00:00

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

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

Link: CVE-2008-7020

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2017-08-17T01:29:44.990

Link: CVE-2008-7020

cve-icon Redhat

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