CVE-2015-7267

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-7267
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-27 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionSamsung 850 Pro and PM851 solid-state drives and Seagate ST500LT015 and ST500LT025 hard disk drives, when in sleep mode and operating in Opal or eDrive mode on Lenovo ThinkPad T440s laptops with BIOS 2.32; ThinkPad W541 laptops with BIOS 2.21; 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 leveraging failure to detect when SATA drives are unplugged in Sleep Mode, aka a "Hot Plug attack."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 4.2 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-254 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary4.2MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary1.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Physical
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Samsung 850 Pro - All All All
Operating System Samsung 850 Pro Firmware - All All All
Hardware Samsung Pm851 - All All All
Operating System Samsung Pm851 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Seagate St500lt015 - All All All
Operating System Seagate St500lt015 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Seagate St500lt025 - All All All
Operating System Seagate St500lt025 Firmware - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.blackhat.com/docs/eu-15/materials/eu-15-Boteanu-Bypassing-Self-Encrypting-... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.blackhat.com Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Self-encrypting drives are hardly any better than software-based encryption | InfoWorld af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.infoworld.com Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
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