CVE-2015-1769 vulnerability in Microsoft Products
Published on August 15, 2015
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.
Products Associated with CVE-2015-1769
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Exploit Probability
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