CVE-2008-3893 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2008-3893?

CVE-2008-3893 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Vista, published on 3 Sep 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3893?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Windows Vista.

How do I fix CVE-2008-3893?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3893 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-3893 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3893 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Vista

• CVE-2007-5351 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3145 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2008-0951 Security feature bypass in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2007-1658 Path traversal in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2007-1534 Misconfiguration in n/a Critical 9.3

All Microsoft Windows Vista vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-7wvg-9w7x-48xm.