CVE-2005-4175

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Published Dec 11, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

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

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:insyde:insyde_bios:v190:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-4170	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.386% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/847537
http://www.pulltheplug.org/users/endrazine/Bios.Information.Leakage.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419610/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15751

History

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Subscriptions

Insyde Insyde Bios

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 11:38 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Dec 11, 2005, 9:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 11:38 PM
Reserved: Dec 11, 2005, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:18 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 11, 2005, 9:03 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:18 PM

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