CVE-2015-7269

Seagate ST500LT015 hard disk drives, when operating in eDrive mode on Lenovo ThinkPad W541 laptops with BIOS 2.21, allow physically proximate attackers to bypass self-encrypting drive (SED) protection by attaching a second SATA connector to exposed pins, maintaining an alternate power source, and attaching the data cable to another machine, aka a "Hot Unplug Attack."

CVSS v3 4.2 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 1.9 LOW

4.2^/10

CVSS v3 : 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.blackhat.com/docs/eu-15/materials/eu-15-Boteanu-Bypassing-Self-Encrypting-Drives-SED-In-Enterprise-Environments-wp.pdf	Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3004913/encryption/self-encrypting-drives-are-hardly-any-better-than-software-based-encryption.html	Technical Description Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

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

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-11-27 22:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:15

NVD link : CVE-2015-7269

Mitre link : CVE-2015-7269

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-7269

JSON object : View

Products Affected

seagate

st500lt015
st500lt015_firmware

CWE

CWE-254

7PK - Security Features

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