Overview
- 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."
- Source
- cret@cert.org
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.2
- Impact score
- 3.6
- Exploitability score
- 0.5
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 1.9
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.4
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-254
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
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