CVE-2015-7267 Security feature bypass in n/a

Medium 4.2 Published Updated

Physically proximate attackers can bypass self-encrypting drive protection on specific SSDs and HDDs by exploiting a hot-plug vulnerability during sleep mode.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2015-7267?

CVE-2015-7267 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Nov 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Samsung 850 Pro and PM851 solid-state drives and Seagate ST500LT015 and ST500LT025 hard disk drives, when in sleep mode and operating in Opal or eDrive mode on Lenovo ThinkPad T440s laptops with BIOS 2.32; ThinkPad W541 laptops with BIOS 2.21; 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 leveraging failure to detect when SATA drives are unplugged in Sleep Mode, aka a "Hot Plug attack."

Weakness: CWE-254

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-7267?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Samsung 850 Pro Firmware, Samsung Pm851 Firmware, Seagate St500lt015 Firmware, Seagate St500lt025 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2015-7267?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-7267 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-7267 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7267 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vfrm-fg27-345m.

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