Hot Unplug Attack: Bypassing Self-Encrypting Drive Protection on Seagate ST500LT015 HDDs in eDrive Mode

CVE-2015-7269 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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."

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