Medium severity4.2NVD Advisory· Published Nov 27, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-7269
CVE-2015-7269
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."
Affected products
3cpe:2.3:o:seagate:st500lt015_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:seagate:st500lt015_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
- Range: = BIOS 2.21
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- www.blackhat.com/docs/eu-15/materials/eu-15-Boteanu-Bypassing-Self-Encrypting-Drives-SED-In-Enterprise-Environments-wp.pdfnvdTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
- www.infoworld.com/article/3004913/encryption/self-encrypting-drives-are-hardly-any-better-than-software-based-encryption.htmlnvdTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
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