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CVE-2015-1415

Status: ModifiedLow (2.1)—

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.

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Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Freebsd — Freebsd

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