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title: "CVE-2015-1769: Mount Manager in Microsoft Windows Vista… | CubePath"
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…"
language: en
source: https://cubepath.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1769
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# CVE-2015-1769: Mount Manager in Microsoft Windows Vista… | CubePath

## 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."

Official description from the CVE record, published by microsoft. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CVE license. [View the record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1769)

## Key data

### CVSS 3.1 Medium 6.6

Score published by CISA-ADP in the CVE record.

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

| Metric                 | Value     | What it means                                                         |
| ---------------------- | --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Attack vector          | Physical  | The attacker needs physical access to the device.                     |
| Attack complexity      | Low       | No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will. |
| Privileges required    | Low       | A basic user account is needed.                                       |
| User interaction       | None      | No action from any user is needed.                                    |
| Scope                  | Unchanged | The impact stays within the vulnerable component.                     |
| Confidentiality impact | High      | Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.                       |
| Integrity impact       | High      | Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.               |
| Availability impact    | High      | Serious or total effect on availability.                              |

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### EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score

0.04078 (4.1% probability)

Percentile

90.8%

Scores of

Nov 10, 2026

Model

v2026.06.15

### CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

This CVE is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Name in the catalog

Microsoft Windows Mount Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Added to the catalog

May 25, 2022

Federal due date

Jun 15, 2022

### CISA assessment as of Feb 10, 2025

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) decision points added by CISA.

Exploitation

Recorded by CISA as active

Automatable

no

Technical impact

total

## References

Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.

- [blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2015/08/11/defending-agains…](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)
- [MS15-085](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-085)  (docs.microsoft.com) vendor-advisory
- [1033244](http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033244)  (securitytracker.com) vdb-entry

## Timeline

1. ID reserved Feb 17, 2015
2. Record published Aug 15, 2015
3. Added to CISA KEV May 25, 2022
4. Record last updated Oct 21, 2025

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