{
  "id": "CVE-2015-1769",
  "url": "https://spydr.io/cve/CVE-2015-1769",
  "published": "2015-08-15T00:59:01.467Z",
  "modified": "2026-06-17T00:22:57.410Z",
  "score": 6.6,
  "severity": "medium",
  "cvss_version": "3.1",
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
  "score_source": "CISA ADP",
  "epss": 0.04078,
  "epss_percentile": 0.90427,
  "exploited": true,
  "kev": {
    "added": "2022-05-25",
    "due": "2022-06-15",
    "action": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
    "ransomware": "Unknown",
    "name": "Microsoft Windows Mount Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability",
    "notes": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1769"
  },
  "ssvc_exploitation": "active",
  "vendors": [
    "microsoft"
  ],
  "products": [
    "microsoft windows 10",
    "microsoft windows 7",
    "microsoft windows 8",
    "microsoft windows 8.1",
    "microsoft windows rt",
    "microsoft windows rt 8.1",
    "microsoft windows server 2008",
    "microsoft windows server 2012",
    "microsoft windows vista"
  ],
  "cwes": [
    "CWE-264"
  ],
  "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.\"",
  "status": "Analyzed",
  "score_type": "Secondary",
  "scores": {
    "cvss_v40": null,
    "cvss_v31": 6.6,
    "cvss_v30": null
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "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",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033244",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-085",
      "tags": [
        "Patch",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-1769",
      "tags": [
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nvd_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1769",
  "covered_in": [],
  "attribution": [
    {
      "source": "NVD",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov",
      "notice": "This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD."
    },
    {
      "source": "CISA KEV",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "notice": "Known exploited vulnerabilities from the CISA KEV catalog."
    },
    {
      "source": "FIRST EPSS",
      "url": "https://www.first.org/epss",
      "notice": "Exploit prediction scores from FIRST EPSS."
    }
  ]
}