Description
Secu Star DriveCrypt Plus Pack 3.9 stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer before and after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.
References
- 31605 third-party-advisory
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-0807.html
- 30818 vdb-entry
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
- 20080825 [IVIZ-08-007] DriveCrypt Security Model bypass exploiting wrong BIOS API usage mailing-list
- 4213 third-party-advisory