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CVE-2005-41762 exploits

AWARD Bios Modular 4.50pg does not clear the keyboard buffer after reading the BIOS password during system startup, which allows local admi…

Published 20 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
2.1
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.3%
percentile 70%
Public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

AWARD Bios Modular 4.50pg does not clear the keyboard buffer after reading the BIOS password during system startup, which allows local administrators or users to read the password directly from physical memory.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.26% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-26753 Multiple Vendor BIOS - Keyboard Buffer Password Persistence (2) · local · 2005-12-06
  • EDB-26752 Multiple Vendor BIOS - Keyboard Buffer Password Persistence (1) · local · 2005-12-06

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.02.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

  • ivizsecurity.com /preboot-patch.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • ivizsecurity.com /research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/15751 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/419610/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • kb.cert.org /vuls/id/847537 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN, x_transferred
  • pulltheplug.org /users/endrazine/Bios.Information.Leakage.txt · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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