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."

CVSS v3.0 4.2 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 1.9 LOW

4.2^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 0.5 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector PHYSICAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

1.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

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

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3004913/encryption/self-encrypting-drives-are-hardly-any-better-than-software-based-encryption.html	Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://www.blackhat.com/docs/eu-15/materials/eu-15-Boteanu-Bypassing-Self-Encrypting-Drives-SED-In-Enterprise-Environments-wp.pdf	Technical Description Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:samsung:850_pro_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:samsung:850_pro:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:samsung:pm851_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:samsung:pm851:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:seagate:st500lt015_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:seagate:st500lt015:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:seagate:st500lt025_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:seagate:st500lt025:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2017-11-27 14:29

Updated : 2017-12-20 15:24

NVD link : CVE-2015-7268

Mitre link : CVE-2015-7268

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-254

7PK - Security Features

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Products Affected

seagate

st500lt015
st500lt025
st500lt025_firmware
st500lt015_firmware

samsung

850_pro_firmware
850_pro
pm851
pm851_firmware

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