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CVE-2015-7268

Samsung 850 Pro and PM851 solid-state drives and Seagate ST500LT015 and ST500LT025 hard disk drives, when used on Windows and operating in Opal mode on Lenovo ThinkPad T440s laptops with BIOS 2.32 or ThinkPad W541 laptops with BIOS 2.21, or in Opal or eDrive mode on Dell Latitude E6410 laptops with BIOS A16 or Latitude E6430 laptops with BIOS A16, allow physically proximate attackers to bypass self-encrypting drive (SED) protection by triggering a soft reset and booting from an alternative OS, aka a "Forced Restart Attack."

Published

2017-11-27T22:29:00.287

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 4.2 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-254
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System samsung 850_pro_firmware - Yes
Hardware samsung 850_pro - No
Operating System samsung pm851_firmware - Yes
Hardware samsung pm851 - No
Operating System seagate st500lt015_firmware - Yes
Hardware seagate st500lt015 - No
Operating System seagate st500lt025_firmware - Yes
Hardware seagate st500lt025 - No
References