CVE-2015-7268
Samsung and Seagate SSD/HDD Forced Restart Attack on BIOS Enabled Laptops
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."
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 27, 2017, 10:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Dec. 20, 2017, 11:24 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
0.5
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2015-7268
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2015-7268.
| URL | 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 |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 20, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Changed Reference Type https://www.blackhat.com/docs/eu-15/materials/eu-15-Boteanu-Bypassing-Self-Encrypting-Drives-SED-In-Enterprise-Environments-wp.pdf No Types Assigned 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 Changed Reference Type https://www.infoworld.com/article/3004913/encryption/self-encrypting-drives-are-hardly-any-better-than-software-based-encryption.html No Types Assigned https://www.infoworld.com/article/3004913/encryption/self-encrypting-drives-are-hardly-any-better-than-software-based-encryption.html Technical Description, Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-254 Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:samsung:850_pro_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:samsung:850_pro:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:samsung:pm851_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:samsung:pm851:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:seagate:st500lt015_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:seagate:st500lt015:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:seagate:st500lt025_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:seagate:st500lt025:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-7268 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-7268
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.07 }} 0.00%
score
0.26866
percentile