# CVE-2015-1769: 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

- Severity: CVSS 6.6 (Medium), NVD
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2022-05-25, remediation due 2022-06-15
- Published: 2015-08-15 · Updated: 2025-10-21

## Summary

The Mount Manager component in Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and 8.1, Windows 10, and several Windows Server releases mishandles symbolic links. An attacker with physical access to a machine could exploit this by plugging in a specially crafted USB device to run arbitrary code.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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."

## What to do

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## 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
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-085
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033244

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