What is CVE-2015-7269?

CVE-2015-7269 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Seagate St500lt015, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2017-11-27.

How severe is CVE-2015-7269?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Seagate St500lt015

CVE-2015-7269

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."

EPSS: 0.003 (25.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-254

References

cret@cert.org (Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cret@cert.org (Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-7269?: CVE-2015-7269 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Seagate St500lt015, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2017-11-27.
How severe is CVE-2015-7269?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.