CVE-2008-7020 describes a vulnerability in McAfee SafeBoot Device Encryption 4 build 4750 and earlier, where pre-boot authentication passwords are left un-cleared in the BIOS keyboard buffer. This allows a local attacker to access sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), indicating local access, low attack complexity, and a partial impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:safeboot_device_encryption:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.