Vulnerability in Samsung 850 Pro
CVE-2015-7268
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."
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (23.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 23.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.infoworld.com/article/3004913/encryption/self-encrypting-drives-are-hardly-… (Technical Description, Third Party Advisory)
- www.blackhat.com/docs/eu-15/materials/eu-15-Boteanu-Bypassing-Self-Encrypting-D… (Technical Description, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-7268?
- CVE-2015-7268 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung 850 Pro, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2017-11-27.
- How severe is CVE-2015-7268?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.