CVSS 3.1
6.6 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2015-1769
Medium (6.6) in Microsoft Windows. In CISA KEV since 2022-05-25. EPSS 4.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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."
Severity
- EPSS
- 4.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 90% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CISA KEV
- listed 2022-05-25, due 2022-06-15
- CWE
- CWE-264
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- microsoft: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
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2015/08/11/defending-against-cve-2015-1769-a-logical-issue-exploited-via-a-malicious-usb-stick.aspx
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033244
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-085
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2015/08/11/defending-against-cve-2015-1769-a-logical-issue-exploited-via-a-malicious-usb-stick.aspx
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033244