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....
MediumCVSS 4.2
EPSS 0.33%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
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."
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| samsung 850 pro firmware | All versions | No fix listed |
| samsung pm851 firmware | All versions | No fix listed |
| seagate st500lt015 firmware | All versions | No fix listed |
| seagate st500lt025 firmware | All versions | No fix listed |
References
- www.blackhat.com technical-description third-party-advisory
- www.infoworld.com technical-description third-party-advisory