Description
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.
Published: 2009-08-21
Score: 2.1 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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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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Mcafee Safeboot Device Encryption
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

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

Reserved: 2009-08-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-7020

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-7020

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