CVE-2015-1769
Mount Manager in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT Gold and 8.1, and Windows 10 mishandles symlinks, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code by connecting a crafted USB device, aka "Mount Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 6.6 Medium
- Status
- Analyzed - secure@microsoft.com
- Published
- 2015-08-15
- Last modified
- 2025-10-21
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- since 2022-05-25, action due 2022-06-15: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Affected products
- Windows 10 (Microsoft)
- Windows 7 (Microsoft)
- Windows 8 (Microsoft)
- Windows 8.1 (Microsoft)
- Windows Rt (Microsoft)
- Windows Rt 8.1 (Microsoft)
- Windows Server 2008 (Microsoft)
- Windows Server 2012 (Microsoft)
- Windows Vista (Microsoft)
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2015/08/11/defending-against-cve-2015-1769-a-logical-issue-exploited-via-a-malic…
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033244
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-085
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-1769
