What is CVE-2015-1415?

CVE-2015-1415 is a vulnerability in FreeBSD, classified under Information Disclosure. Published 2015-04-10.

Is CVE-2015-1415 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Information disclosure in FreeBSD

CVE-2015-1415

The bsdinstall installer in FreeBSD 10.x before 10.1 p9, when configuring full disk encrypted ZFS, uses world-readable permissions for the GELI keyfile (/boot/encryption.key), which allows local users to obtain sensitive key information by reading the file.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2015-04-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (26.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 26.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

FreeBSD — versions 10.0, 10.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1032042 (vdb-entry)
www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-15:08.bsdinstall.asc (Exploit, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535209/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/131338/FreeBSD-10.x-ZFS-encryption.key-Disclosure… (Exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-1415?: CVE-2015-1415 is a vulnerability in FreeBSD, classified under Information Disclosure. Published 2015-04-10.
Is CVE-2015-1415 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.