CVE-2008-0706

Unspecified vulnerability in the BIOS F.26 and earlier for the HP Compaq Notebook PC allows physically proximate attackers to obtain privileged access via unspecified vectors, possibly involving an authentication bypass of the power-on password.

Published: 2008-03-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-0706 is rated Moderate Risk (43.5/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.53%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0706

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.05% 0.53% +0.49%
2 2025-03-30 0.05% 0.05% -0.00%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0706

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0706

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0706

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
compaq presario_a900 — cpe:2.3:h:compaq:presario_a900:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq presario_c700 — cpe:2.3:h:compaq:presario_c700:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp g7000 — cpe:2.3:h:hp:g7000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hpqflash_for_hp_notebook_system_bios f.2a cpe:2.3:h:hp:hpqflash_for_hp_notebook_system_bios:f.2a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hpqflash_for_hp_notebook_system_bios f.2b cpe:2.3:h:hp:hpqflash_for_hp_notebook_system_bios:f.2b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hpqflash_for_hp_notebook_system_bios f.2e cpe:2.3:h:hp:hpqflash_for_hp_notebook_system_bios:f.2e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hpqflash_for_hp_notebook_system_bios f.2f cpe:2.3:h:hp:hpqflash_for_hp_notebook_system_bios:f.2f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hpqflash_for_hp_notebook_system_bios f.18 cpe:2.3:h:hp:hpqflash_for_hp_notebook_system_bios:f.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hpqflash_for_hp_notebook_system_bios f.21 cpe:2.3:h:hp:hpqflash_for_hp_notebook_system_bios:f.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hpqflash_for_hp_notebook_system_bios f.26 cpe:2.3:h:hp:hpqflash_for_hp_notebook_system_bios:f.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hpqflash_for_hp_notebook_system_bios f.28 cpe:2.3:h:hp:hpqflash_for_hp_notebook_system_bios:f.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hpqflash_for_hp_notebook_system_bios f.30 cpe:2.3:h:hp:hpqflash_for_hp_notebook_system_bios:f.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0706

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