{"cve":"CVE-2008-7020","nvd":{"published":"2009-08-21T14:30:00.467","modified":"2026-06-16T23:03:26.303","status":"Modified","description":"McAfee SafeBoot Device Encryption 4 build 4750 and earlier 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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-310"],"references":["http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2008/Sep/0378.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/31903","http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf","http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08010.html","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45275"],"products":["mcafee:safeboot_device_encryption"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:54:26.868835795+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-7020","score":0.00203,"percentile":0.10282,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}