CVE-2015-7268

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-7268
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-27 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-12-20 23:24:00 UTC
DescriptionSamsung 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."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-254

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

References

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Self-encrypting drives are hardly any better than software-based encryption | InfoWorld MISC www.infoworld.com Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
www.blackhat.com/docs/eu-15/materials/eu-15-Boteanu-Bypassing-Self-Encrypting-... MISC www.blackhat.com Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
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