CVE-2015-1769
KEVMEDIUM 6.6EPSS 4.1%
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."
- CVSS v3.1 CNA
- 6.6 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - EPSS
- 4.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 91st percentile
- CISA KEV
- added 2022-05-25
- Published
- 2015-08-15
- Updated
- 2025-10-21
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- int0/CVE-2015-17691★ · 2021-02-17
Security advisories
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2015/08/11/defending-against-cve-2015-1769-a-logic…
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-085
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033244