FKIE_CVE-2005-4175

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-12-11 21:03 - Updated: 2026-04-16 00:27
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/847537Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.pulltheplug.org/users/endrazine/Bios.Information.Leakage.txt
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419610/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15751
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/847537Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.pulltheplug.org/users/endrazine/Bios.Information.Leakage.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419610/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15751
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
insyde insyde_bios v190
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  "lastModified": "2026-04-16T00:27:16.627",
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