CVE-2015-7268

Medium

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."

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.2
Exploit probability—
ProductSamsung Pm851 Firmware
PublishedNov 27, 2017
First seenNov 27, 2017

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
samsung pm851_firmwareNo range specified—
samsung 850_pro_firmwareNo range specified—
seagate st500lt015_firmwareNo range specified—
seagate st500lt025_firmwareNo range specified—

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CVE-2015-7268 · Samsung Pm851 Firmware · Dark Radar