Security Advisory

CVE-2015-1769

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2015-08-15 00:00:00
Last updated 2025-10-21 23:55:58
Assigner microsoft
State PUBLISHED

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."