01 Record
CVE-2008-3902
HP firmware 68DTT F.0D 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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
HP firmware 68DTT F.0D 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 35.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-09-03 19:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-09-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 90b93849d8708ca6bef3b0ac1d760938d9e0ea8db43693d367897c4d0e86d0d0
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.ivizsecurity.comhttp://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
- www.ivizsecurity.comhttp://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
- securityreason.com4214http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4214
- www.securityfocus.com20080825 [IVIZ-08-002] Hewlett-Packard BIOS Plain Text Password Disclosurehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495800/100/0/threaded