Description
Insyde BIOS V190 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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html ↗
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15751 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419610/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/847537 ↗
- http://www.pulltheplug.org/users/endrazine/Bios.Information.Leakage.txt ↗