CVE-2008-7020

low Trellix
CVSS v3 Base Score
2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 90% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: August 21, 2009 (6110 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Trellix
Source: NVD

Description

McAfee SafeBoot Device Encryption 4 build 4750 and earlier 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.

CWE

CWE-310

Affected Products

mcafee safeboot device encryption

References

🔗 seclists.org 🔗 secunia.com 🔗 www.ivizsecurity.com 🔗 www.ivizsecurity.com 🔗 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com