Microsoft Windows Mount Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when the Windows Mount Manager component improperly processes symbolic links.

cat cve-2015-1769.json

Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Windows
CVSS: 6.6
EPSS (exploit probability): 4.1%
Status: kev
CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01): June 15, 2022
Published: May 25, 2022
Source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1769

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when the Windows Mount Manager component improperly processes symbolic links.

Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-05-25. Required action per CISA: Apply updates per vendor instructions. Due date: 2022-06-15.

This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.