VDB-43884 · CVE-2008-3894 · GCVE-0-2008-3894

IBM Lenovo 7cetb5ww 2.05 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in IBM Lenovo 7cetb5ww 2.05. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2008-3894. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in IBM Lenovo 7cetb5ww 2.05. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was shared 09/03/2008 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-3894 since 09/03/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Name

Lenovo 7cetb5ww

Version

2.05

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.0

VulDB Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Temp Score: 4.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/03/2008 🔍
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09/03/2008 +0 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2386 days 🔍
11/27/2017 +986 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-3894 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3894
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43884

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 11/27/2017 07:54
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (41), 11/27/2017 07:54 (6)
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