CVE-2008-3894: IBM Lenovo 7cetb5ww

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Lenovo firmware 7CETB5WW 2.05 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.

Affected products

• IBM Lenovo 7cetb5ww: version 2.05 only

Published 2008-09-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.