CVE-2015-7267 describes a "Hot Plug attack" vulnerability affecting specific Samsung and Seagate self-encrypting drives when operating in sleep mode on certain Lenovo and Dell laptops. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.2) allows a physically proximate attacker to bypass SED protection by unplugging and replugging the drive, leveraging the system's failure to detect this action in sleep mode. The attack requires high complexity due to physical access and specific hardware configurations, but if successful, it grants full confidentiality compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:850_pro_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:pm851_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:seagate:st500lt015_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:seagate:st500lt025_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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