microsoft windows-server-2008 CVE-2015-1769 vulnerability in Microsoft Products
Published on August 15, 2015

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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."

Vendor Advisory NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Microsoft Windows Mount Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when the Windows Mount Manager component improperly processes symbolic links.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by June 15, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2015-1769 can be exploited with physical access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Products Associated with CVE-2015-1769

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Exploit Probability

EPSS
31.79%
Percentile
96.70%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.