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CVE-2015-7269

N/A
Published: November 27, 2017 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:32 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorST500LT015 FirmwareSt500Lt015

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

ST500LT015 Firmware· Seagate
95%
All versions
seagate-st500lt015 (same device)
St500Lt015· Seagatedevice
80%
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.blackhat.com/docs/eu-15/materials/eu-15-Boteanu-Bypassing-Self-Encrypting-Drives-SED-In-Enterprise-Environments-wp.pdf
x_refsource_MISCTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3004913/encryption/self-encrypting-drives-are-hardly-any-better-than-software-based-encryption.html

CVSS

1.9LOW[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-254

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