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CVE-2015-1769: Microsoft Windows Mount Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-05-25
• EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-08-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 8: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Rt: all versions
• Microsoft Windows RT 8.1: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: r2-sp1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: r2
• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions

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
• 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

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