VDB-43891 · CVE-2008-3901 · GCVE-0-2008-3901

Suspend2 Software suspend 2 2-2.2.1 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Suspend2 Software suspend 2 2-2.2.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-3901. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Suspend2 Software suspend 2 2-2.2.1. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Software suspend 2 2-2.2.1, when used with the Linux kernel 2.6.16, 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 released 09/03/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at ivizsecurity.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-3901 since 09/03/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

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Productinfo

Vendor

Suspend2

Name

Software suspend 2

Version

2-2.2.1

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Meta 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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/03/2008 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2386 days 🔍
11/30/2017 +989 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ivizsecurity.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-3901 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3901
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43891

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 11/30/2017 13:56
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (44), 11/30/2017 13:56 (1)
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