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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 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."

CVSS 6.6 · MediumBuzz score 49.1KEV listed

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 49.1

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 16.1 · diversity 8.0 · KEV 25.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
16.1
4 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
8.0
3 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
25.0
Known exploited vulnerability present
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

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Evidence

Source links by recency

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4 source links · newest first
  • This is What Microsoft’s Vulnerability Patching Efforts Looked Like in 2015SecurityWeek

    IE, Windows UMC Vulnerabilities Fueled Microsoft’s 2015 Patch Efforts

    newswww.securityweek.comJan 27, 2016, 5:32 PM
  • Attackers exploit a Windows flaw using a booby-trapped USBSecurity Affairs

    Microsoft announced in the Tuesday’s bulletin that crooks have been exploiting a vulnerability that allows to execute malicious code using booby-trapped USB Microsoft announced in the last Tuesday’s bulletin that crooks have been exploiting a vulnerability that allows to execute malicious code using booby-trapped USB. The vulnerability affects all supported versions of Windows OS as […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comAug 12, 2015, 5:00 PM
  • Microsoft, Adobe Patch Dozens of Security VulnerabilitiesSecurityWeek

    Microsoft and Adobe released on Tuesday security updates to patch a large number of vulnerabilities in their products.

    newswww.securityweek.comAug 12, 2015, 8:43 AM
  • Attackers actively exploiting Windows bug via malicious USB devicesHelp Net Security

    In this month’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released 14 bulletins and patches addressing a bucketload of vulnerabilities in a number of its products, including its new browser Edge. The updates have all been rated either “critical” and “important”. Among the latter is one that fixes a Windows bug (CVE-2015-1769) that has apparently already been exploited in the wild in targeted attacks against customers.“An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Mount Manager component improperly processes … More →

    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comAug 12, 2015, 4:52 AM

Exploit code

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