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Vulnerability CVE-2015-7269
Published: 2017-11-27 Modified: 2017-11-28
| Description: |
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." |
Type:
CWE-254 (Security Features)
CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
| CVSS Base Score |
Impact Subscore |
Exploitability Subscore |
1.9/10 |
2.9/10 |
3.4/10 |
| Exploit range |
Attack complexity |
Authentication |
Local |
Medium |
No required |
| Confidentiality impact |
Integrity impact |
Availability impact |
Partial |
None |
None |
References: |
https://www.blackhat.com/docs/eu-15/materials/eu-15-Boteanu-Bypassing-Self-Encrypting-Drives-SED-In-Enterprise-Environments-wp.pdf
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3004913/encryption/self-encrypting-drives-are-hardly-any-better-than-software-based-encryption.html
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