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CVE-2015-7268

nvd nist
Published: Nov 27, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

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4.2
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Exploitability: 0.5 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

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 (4)

Samsung
2 products
850 Pro Firmware
Pm851 Firmware
Seagate
2 products
St500lt015 Firmware
St500lt025 Firmware
Configuration A
1 vulnerable · 1 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
850 Pro Firmware
All versions
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Samsung
850 Pro
All versions
Configuration B
1 vulnerable · 1 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Pm851 Firmware
All versions
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Samsung
Pm851
All versions
Configuration C
1 vulnerable · 1 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
St500lt015 Firmware
All versions
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Seagate
St500lt015
All versions
Configuration D
1 vulnerable · 1 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
St500lt025 Firmware
All versions
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Seagate
St500lt025
All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-254
CWE-254

References (4)

Source: cret@cert.org
Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
Source: cret@cert.org
Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory

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