CVE-2015-1769
Microsoft Windows Mount Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Medium 6.6
- Exploited: added to CISA KEV 25 May 2022
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."
Key facts
- Published
- 15 Aug 2015
- Last changed
- 21 Oct 2025
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- KEV added
- 25 May 2022
- KEV fix due
- 15 Jun 2022
- EPSS
- 4.078% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 90.867% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
- SSVC (CISA)
- Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total
Severity scores
Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.
- 6.6CVSS 3.1, Mediumfrom CISA (ADP container)
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.CISA KEV required action
Historical context and remediation
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No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.
Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.
Affected products
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Timeline
- 15 Aug 2015 Published
- 25 May 2022 CVE-2015-1769 added to CISA KEV
- 25 May 2022 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue