Samsung 850 Pro and PM851 solid-state drives and Seagate ST500LT015 and ST500LT025 hard…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Samsung 850 Pro and PM851 solid-state drives and Seagate ST500LT015 and ST500LT025 hard disk drives, when used on Windows and operating in Opal mode on Lenovo ThinkPad T440s laptops with BIOS 2.32 or ThinkPad W541 laptops with BIOS 2.21, or in Opal or eDrive mode on 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 triggering a soft reset and booting from an alternative OS, aka a "Forced Restart Attack."
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 8
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:samsung:850_pro_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | Samsung |
| cpe:2.3:h:samsung:850_pro:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Samsung |
| cpe:2.3:o:samsung:pm851_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | Samsung |
| cpe:2.3:h:samsung:pm851:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Samsung |
| cpe:2.3:o:seagate:st500lt015_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | Seagate |
| cpe:2.3:h:seagate:st500lt015:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Seagate |
| cpe:2.3:o:seagate:st500lt025_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | Seagate |
| cpe:2.3:h:seagate:st500lt025:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Seagate |
- cpe:2.3:o:samsung:850_pro_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Samsung
- cpe:2.3:h:samsung:850_pro:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Samsung
- cpe:2.3:o:samsung:pm851_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Samsung
- cpe:2.3:h:samsung:pm851:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Samsung
- cpe:2.3:o:seagate:st500lt015_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Seagate
- cpe:2.3:h:seagate:st500lt015:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Seagate
- cpe:2.3:o:seagate:st500lt025_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Seagate
- cpe:2.3:h:seagate:st500lt025:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Seagate
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-7268
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4j4c-g46x-98wm
References
Sources
- CVE-2015-7268 · CVE Program
- CVE-2015-7268 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4j4c-g46x-98wm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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