{"id":"CVE-2008-3894","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-3894","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:51:56.749Z","title":"IBM Lenovo firmware 7CETB5WW 2.05 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…","description":"IBM Lenovo firmware 7CETB5WW 2.05 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":"2008-09-03T14:12:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:56:46.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":2.1,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["ibm/lenovo 7cetb5ww"],"epss":{"score":0.00316,"percentile":0.24361,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4207","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495808/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4207","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495808/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3894","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}