Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2008-3899 | First vendor Publication | 2008-09-03 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2024-11-21 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 2.1 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| TrueCrypt 5.0 stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer before and after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer. NOTE: the researcher mentions a response from the vendor denying the vulnerability. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3899 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-200 | Information Exposure |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24528 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24528 | ||
| Title: | TrueCrypt 5.0 stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer before and after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer. NOTE: the researcher mentions a response from the vendor denying the vulnerability. | ||
| Description: | TrueCrypt 5.0 stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer before and after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer. NOTE: the researcher mentions a response from the vendor denying the vulnerability. | ||
| Family: | windows | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2008-3899 | Version: | 4 |
| Platform(s): | Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | Product(s): | TrueCrypt |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 47904 | TrueCrypt BIOS Keyboard Buffer Local Password Disclosure |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2024-11-28 23:13:36 |
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| 2024-11-28 12:16:25 |
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| 2021-05-04 12:07:59 |
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| 2021-04-22 01:08:20 |
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| 2020-05-23 00:22:12 |
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| 2018-10-12 00:20:27 |
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| 2013-05-11 00:24:59 |
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