CVE-2015-7268

Samsung 850 Pro and PM851 solid-state drives and Seagate ST500LT015 and ST500LT025 hard disk...

4.2 Medium

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."

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Physical
Complexity: High
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.33%Down 0.6 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.2

Record: CVE-2015-7268
CVSS 3.0: 4.2 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 1.9 LowAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-254
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2015-7268
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2015-7199 No score

Record: EUVD-2015-7199
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4j4c-g46x-98wm 4.2

Samsung 850 Pro and PM851 solid-state drives and Seagate ST500LT015 and ST500LT025 hard disk...

Record: GHSA-4j4c-g46x-98wm
CVSS 3.0: 4.2 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2015-7268 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.2) in Samsung 850 Pro Firmware, published November 27, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, the 26th percentile. No source names a fixed version.