CVE-2015-7269

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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."

References

Advisories

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3004913/encryption/self-encrypting-drives-are-hardly-any-better-than-software-based-encryption.html

https://www.blackhat.com/docs/eu-15/materials/eu-15-Boteanu-Bypassing-Self-Encrypting-Drives-SED-In-Enterprise-Environments-wp.pdf

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-11-27

Updated: 2026-05-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00059